House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer (R-KY) on Friday ramped up his scrutiny over Joe Biden’s mental capabilities while in office, as he promised a new probe into the former president’s use of the auto pen.
“Joe Biden wasn’t capable of making decisions, he wasn’t coherent,” Comer said. “We want to find out who was making the decisions in the last nine months of the Biden White House.”
Comer’s new threat to investigate senior Biden staffers came during an interview on Fox News, where the lawmaker suggested top aides may have been signing executive orders and pardons on Biden’s behalf.
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“We think we’ve identified who the staffers are,” Comer said Friday. “We’re going to bring everyone that we believe was involved in any role in the use of the auto pen, we’re going to invite them to come in for a transcribed interview. If they want, then they will receive a subpoena, and they will have a full-blown deposition.”
Comer named first lady Jill Biden as possibly being involved and added that the investigation would also look into whether president’s son – long a target of MAGA world – had any role in the former president’s auto pen use.
“Don’t rule out Hunter Biden, he spent a lot of time in the Oval Office in the last three months,” Comer insisted.
🚨BREAKING🚨
Who was really running the Biden White House?
I’m bringing in Joe Biden’s senior staff for transcribed interviews. Here’s who we are starting with:
Neera Tanden
Annie Tomasini
Anthony Bernal
Ashley Williams
They propped up a man who was unfit to lead. @FoxNewspic.twitter.com/vjMJumzGd7
— Rep. James Comer (@RepJamesComer) May 17, 2025