Joe Biden’s administration was a train wreck. But the details are far worse.
Now Karine Jean-Pierre is forced to answer for this Biden cover-up
Congressional Probe Targets Biden Aides’ Actions
The House Oversight Committee has scheduled testimony from former Biden administration officials, including ex-White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre, to investigate allegations of a coverup regarding former President Joe Biden’s mental acuity.
Jean-Pierre, set to testify voluntarily on September 12, 2025, alongside former Senior Deputy Press Secretary Andrew Bates (August 21) and former Special Assistant Ian Sams (September 5), faces scrutiny over their roles in defending Biden’s cognitive abilities.
Former Chief of Staff Jeff Zients, who managed the White House from February 2023 to January 2025, is slated for September 18.
Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer (R-KY) is examining whether these aides concealed Biden’s mental decline and misused the presidential autopen for executive decisions, a probe amplified by President Donald Trump’s directive to the Justice Department to investigate potential concealment from the American public.
Questionable Defenses of Biden’s Capacity
Jean-Pierre, Bates, and Sams, all career Democratic operatives, repeatedly downplayed concerns about Biden’s mental sharpness, despite public incidents raising doubts.
Jean-Pierre, whose tenure as press secretary was widely criticized, dismissed videos of Biden’s stumbles as “cheap fakes” in June 2024, following his apparent freeze at a Hollywood fundraiser.
In June 2022, she claimed, “Oh, my gosh, he’s the President of the United States, you know, he – I can’t even keep up with him,” in a CNN interview with Don Lemon.
Bates defended Biden’s foreign policy acumen after a faltering NATO summit press conference in 2024, while Sams shielded Biden during the House GOP’s impeachment inquiry and dismissed Special Counsel Robert Hur’s February 2024 report on Biden’s memory lapses.
These defenses, now under scrutiny, raise questions about the Biden administration’s transparency, fueling skepticism about its handling of critical governance responsibilities.
Autopen Allegations and Broader Implications/
The investigation focuses on whether Biden’s aides used the presidential autopen to enact decisions without his full approval, particularly for pardons.
Biden insisted to the New York Times, “I made every single one of those. And — including the categories, when we set this up to begin with,” denying misuse.
However, emails obtained by the Times suggest Biden set pardon standards but did not approve each individual case, casting doubt on his claim:
“And so — but I understand why Trump would think that, because obviously, I guess, he doesn’t focus much. Anyway, so — yes, I made every decision.”
Key witnesses, including Biden’s physician Dr. Kevin O’Connor and Jill Biden’s aide Anthony Bernal, have invoked their Fifth Amendment rights, avoiding testimony.
