Anthony Bernal: Who Is Jill Biden's Top Aide Ordered To Testify About Alleged Cover-up?

House Oversight Chairman James Comer, R-Ky., subpoenaed Anthony Bernal, who served arsenic main of unit for first woman Jill Biden and arsenic an adjunct to President Joe Biden, to attest astatine a deposition Wednesday.

Bernal refused to look for a transcribed question and reply connected June 26 arsenic portion of nan Oversight Committee’s investigation into nan alleged cover-up of Biden’s intelligence diminution and perchance unauthorized usage of autopen for pardons and different executive actions.

He had antecedently confirmed he would look for nan interview, but erstwhile nan White House Counsel’s Office notified him it was waiving executive privilege, Bernal said he would nary longer look for nan interview.

"It's abundantly clear that Anthony Bernal – Jill Biden’s alleged ‘work husband’ – ne'er intended to beryllium transparent astir Joe Biden’s cognitive diminution and nan ensuing cover-up. With nary privilege near to hide behind, Mr. Bernal is now moving scared, hopeless to hide nan truth," Comer said. 

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Former Biden adjutant Anthony Bernal is subpoenaed to look earlier nan House Oversight Committee connected Wednesday.  (Getty)

Two caller books astir nan Biden management person painted an unflattering image of Bernal's governmental rise. 

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By proxy, nan first lady's apical adjutant became 1 of nan astir influential group successful nan White House, according to "Original Sin," a book by CNN anchor Jake Tapper and Axios governmental analogous Alex Thompson. 

"He would not beryllium invited astatine my funeral," a longtime Biden adjutant told nan authors. 

Operating successful a White House anchored successful loyalty, Bernal wielded loyalty arsenic a limb to weed retired nan defectors, Tapper and Thompson said. 

And Bernal earned a estimation for trash-talking chap aides, arsenic "some moreover described him arsenic nan worst personification they had ever met," Tapper and Thompson said. 

Jill Biden and Bernal worked successful tandem, keeping people of "who was pinch them and against them," according to Tapper and Thompson. 

President Joe Biden, left, and first woman Jill Biden get connected Marine One astatine East Hampton Airport connected June 29, 2024, successful East Hampton, N.Y.  (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

A erstwhile White House staffer fired backmost against Tapper and Thompson's allegations astir Bernal successful a connection to Fox News Digital. 

"A batch of vignettes successful this book are either false, exaggerated, aliases purposefully omit viewpoints that don’t fresh nan communicative they want to push. Anthony was a beardown leader pinch precocious standards and a mentor to many. He’s nan type of personification you want connected a squad - he’s incredibly strategic, effective, and cares profoundly astir nan group he manages," nan erstwhile White House staffer said successful May. 

"2024: How Trump Retook nan White House and nan Democrats Lost America," released past week by Josh Dawsey of The Wall Street Journal, Tyler Pager of The New York Times and Isaac Arnsdor of The Washington Post, outlines really Bernal's governmental power grew alongside Jill Biden. 

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"He quickly bonded pinch Jill Biden and ne'er near her side, becoming unflinchingly loyal to her and utilizing his proximity to her to exert powerfulness wherever he decided. It was often unclear if nan sentiment he was expressing was his ain aliases nan first lady’s. Sometimes, erstwhile donors aliases voters asked her questions, Bernal would jump successful to answer," nan authors said. 

Joe Biden astatine his statement watch statement astatine Hyatt Regency Atlanta connected June 27, 2024, successful Atlanta. (Derek White/Getty Images for DNC)

Lindy Li, a erstwhile DNC fundraiser and Democratic insider who had a front-row spot to Biden's presidency, told Fox News Digital, "People for illustration Anthony Bernal. I saw him moving nan White House for illustration he was successful charge, for illustration he was a king. It's conscionable truthful astonishing now to spot him dodge a lawsuit and wholly dodge accountability. He tin run, but he can't hide. His sanction is going to spell down successful infamy forever."

Li said Bernal "followed Jill astir for illustration a dog." However, Li clarified that he ran nan East Wing much than nan West Wing. She said Bernal was among those moving nan White House during Biden's presidency.

First woman Jill Biden speaks during a run extremity Monday, Oct. 14, 2024, successful Madison, Wis. (AP Photo/Morry Gash) (AP Photo/Morry Gash))

Democratic strategist Michael LaRosa, who served arsenic property caput to Jill Biden, told Fox News Digital that, "No 1 spent much time, whether it was successful nan motorcade, connected nan plane, successful nan backstage residence astatine nan White House, Camp David, and astatine some houses successful Delaware, cipher spent much individual clip astir them and their family and nan Biden family than Anthony."

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Bernal and a Biden spokesperson did not instantly respond to Fox News Digital's petition for remark connected this article. 

Fox News Digital's Andrew Mark Miller contributed to this report.