House Oversight Chair James Comer is broadening his investigation into former President Joe Biden’s mental decline.
Comer on Wednesday asked five senior Biden White House aides to appear for transcribed interviews with his committee: former senior adviser Mike Donilon, former senior adviser Anita Dunn, former chief of staff Ron Klain, former deputy chief of staff Bruce Reed and former counselor Steve Ricchetti.
“The Committee on Oversight and Government Reform is investigating the role of former senior White House officials in possibly usurping authority from former President Joe Biden and the ramifications of a White House staff intent on hiding his rapidly worsening mental and physical faculties,” Comer wrote to the former White House aides.
Comer last month asked for testimony from four former senior aides — Annie Tomasini, Anthony Bernal, Ashley Williams and Neera Tanden — and Biden’s physician Kevin O’Connor. His inquiry into Biden comes amid renewed scrutiny in Washington over the former president’s mental fitness toward the end of his term, ballyhooed by a much-discussed book by CNN’s Jake Tapper and Axios’ Alex Thompson.
In a brief interview, Comer said some witnesses were already working with the committee. He expects some will appear for their testimony before the committee in the next few weeks.
“They’re cooperating,” he told POLITICO. “Hopefully, we’ll be able to announce some dates within the next 24 hours of when those first five will be coming in.”
The Kentucky Republican, who is mulling a bid for governor in 2027, previously led an impeachment inquiry into the former president. The House never held a vote on the matter.
