Anthony Bernal, a longtime aide to former First Lady Jill Biden and senior White House advisor, is at the center of a deepening political controversy.
On July 16, Bernal appeared for a closed-door deposition before the House Oversight Committee, but invoked the Fifth Amendment, refusing to answer any of the committee’s questions.
The deposition is part of a broader Republican-led investigation into whether President Joe Biden’s top aides covered up signs of his alleged cognitive decline while he was in office.
“Now that the White House has waived executive privilege, it’s abundantly clear that Anthony Bernal — Jill Biden’s so-called ‘work husband’ — never intended to be transparent about Joe Biden’s cognitive decline and the ensuing cover-up,” said House Oversight Chair James Comer (R-KY).
GOP Probe Targets White House Inner Circle
The Oversight Committee is investigating claims that executive decisions may have been made using autopen, with the president’s alleged diminished mental state preventing him from fully reviewing or approving the actions himself. President Biden, however, pushed back in a recent New York Times interview, insisting that he “made every decision” during his presidency on his own.
