House Republicans Probe Biden Mental Decline as Trump Waives Aides’ Privilege

House Republicans are tightening the screws in their investigation into an alleged cover-up of former President Joe Biden's mental decline, as the Trump administration has stripped executive privilege from several key former Biden aides. This bold move clears the path for these individuals to testify before the House Oversight Committee, chaired by Rep. James Comer (R-Ky.), who is determined to uncover whether senior staff shielded concerns about Biden’s fitness for office from both the public and even lower-level White House personnel.

The list of those summoned reads like a who’s who of Biden’s inner circle: former Chief of Staff Ron Klain, senior advisors Anita Dunn, Steve Ricchetti, Mike Donilon, Annie Tomasini, Bruce Reed, Ashley Williams, and Anthony Bernal, a former advisor to Jill Biden. In letters revealed to the public, Trump’s Deputy Counsel Gary Lawkowski made it crystal clear: executive privilege won’t be a shield here. President Trump himself has deemed its assertion against the national interest, especially regarding questions about Biden’s capacity and who truly wielded executive power during his tenure.

This isn’t just a procedural jab; it’s a significant escalation. The investigation has already kicked off with a closed-door deposition from Neera Tanden, a former Biden aide, who faced hours of questioning on Capitol Hill. Despite the Trump administration waiving her privilege, Tanden insisted there was absolutely no effort to hide Biden’s mental state. She described the process as thorough and claimed to have answered every question—though sources suggest her interaction with Biden was minimal, raising more questions than answers about who was really calling the shots.

With Bernal set to testify next, the Oversight Committee is inching closer to piecing together whether there was a deliberate effort to obscure the former president’s condition. This isn’t uncharted territory—past administrations, including Biden’s own, have waived privilege for investigations into predecessors. But the stakes here feel uniquely personal and political, as Republicans push to expose what they see as a orchestrated deception. Stay tuned as this probe unfolds; the truth, as they say, is often stranger than fiction.