Key Biden staffers asked to testify on alleged role in mental decline ‘cover-up’

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House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer, R-Ky., is demanding respective high-ranking staffers successful erstwhile President Joe Biden’s White House look for transcribed interviews connected their suspected roles moving "behind the scenes" to "cover up" the erstwhile president’s important intelligence diminution during his term.

Comer, who leads the House Committee connected Oversight and Government Reform, sent interrogation requests to 4 cardinal Biden White House aides — erstwhile manager of the Domestic Policy Council Neera Tanden, erstwhile adjunct to the President and Deputy Chief of Staff Annie Tomasini, erstwhile elder advisor to the archetypal woman Anthony Bernal and erstwhile lawman manager of Oval Office operations Ashley Williams.

Comer said that each of these high-ranking staffers worked "behind the scenes" and "ran interference for President Biden" to debar his worsening information from being discovered during his clip successful office.

BIDEN AIDE INTIMIDATED REPORTER INVESTIGATING FORMER PRESIDENT'S MENTAL DECLINE WITH 'TACIT THREAT:' BOOK

Joe Biden and James Comer

Comer is demanding 3 high-ranking staffers successful erstwhile President Joe Biden’s White House look for transcribed interviews connected their suspected roles moving "behind the scenes" to "cover-up" the erstwhile president’s important intelligence diminution during his term. (Jacquelyn Martin/AP Photo | Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)

The president has besides requested a transcribed interrogation with Biden’s physician, Dr. Kevin O’Connor.

Comer told Fox News past week that these "unelected bureaucrats" had an overwhelming power implicit Biden and were perchance serving arsenic "de facto" presidents successful his stead.

"Today, we are calling connected President Biden’s doc and erstwhile White House advisors to enactment successful transcribed interviews truthful we tin statesman to uncover the truth," Comer said successful a statement.

The GOP effort comes soon aft the merchandise of "Original Sin" by CNN big Jake Tapper and Axios newsman Alex Thompson, which claims that the Biden White House was going each retired trying to power the cognition of the aging president’s failing health. The publication exposes the cover-up of Biden's diminution and his determination to tally for re-election.

Tapper said during an interview with Piers Morgan connected Monday that what Biden's aides did to fell his information from the nationalist could beryllium "even worse" than the Watergate ungraded during Richard Nixon's presidency. 

"It is simply a scandal. It is without question, and possibly adjacent worse than Watergate successful immoderate ways," said Tapper. "The lone crushed we invoke Watergate is conscionable to marque wide like, it's not Watergate — this is an wholly abstracted scandal, possibly adjacent worse."

CREDIBILITY CRISIS: WHITE HOUSE REPORTERS SPEAK OUT ON WHETHER BIDEN'S MENTAL DECLINE WAS DELIBERATELY HIDDEN

Biden, Piers Morgan, Jake Tapper

Jake Tapper said during an interrogation with Piers Morgan that the cover-up of erstwhile President Biden's diminution was worse than Watergate. (Getty Images)

In his letters, Comer said that portion the committee has been investigating the cover-up for astir a year, "newfound details regarding President Biden’s evident diminution request renewed scrutiny of White House unit actions and cognition of applicable accusation implicit the people of the anterior administration."

Comer said the committee is seeking "to recognize who made cardinal decisions and exercised the powers of the enforcement subdivision during the Biden Administration."

"The cover-up of President Biden’s evident intelligence diminution is simply a historical scandal," helium said. "The American radical merit to cognize erstwhile this diminution began, however acold it progressed, and who was making captious decisions connected his behalf."

Recalling the Oversight Committee’s erstwhile attempts to subpoena these staffers, Comer said that "the Biden White House blocked these individuals from providing testimony." Now, helium said that "any continued obstruction volition beryllium met with swift and decisive action." If the staffers and doc bash not grant his request, Comer said the "next step" volition beryllium issuing subpoenas, compelling them to testify.

James Comer

House Oversight and Accountability Committee Chair James Comer (R-KY) (C) speaks during a quality conference.  (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

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On Tuesday, Comer floated the anticipation of besides issuing subpoenas to erstwhile White House property caput Karine Jean-Pierre arsenic good arsenic Hunter Biden and Jill Biden.

"Obviously, we're funny successful Jean Pierre. … We're besides funny successful Jill Biden and Hunter Biden," helium said, adding that "if the way leads america to the adjacent step, which galore judge would beryllium possibly Jill Biden and Hunter Biden, past we volition spell there."

Fox News Digital reached retired to Tanden, Tomasini, Bernal, Williams, O’Connor and Jean-Pierre for comment. 

Fox News Digital's Hanna Panreck contributed to this report.

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