Biden Cover-up Probe Heats Up As Another Ex-white House Aide Sits Down With Gop

A erstwhile apical White House advisor is slated to look earlier House Oversight Committee investigators connected Friday arsenic GOP lawmakers probe whether ex-President Joe Biden's apical aides covered up grounds of his intelligence and beingness decline.

Ashley Williams, who served arsenic lawman head of Oval Office Operations during nan Biden administration, is expected to beryllium pinch investigators down closed doors for a transcribed question and reply astir 11 a.m. Friday.

If she appears, Williams will beryllium nan 3rd personnel of nan erstwhile president's White House soul circle summoned successful Comer's probe successful caller weeks.

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Former President Joe Biden speaks to nan National Action Network Convention remotely from nan South Court Auditorium of nan White House connected April 12, 2024, successful Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

In summation to whether elder aides covered up Biden's alleged decline, Comer is looking astatine whether immoderate statesmanlike orders were signed via autopen without nan erstwhile commander-in-chief's knowledge.

Any allegations of wrongdoing truthful acold person been denied by nan ex-president's allies.

But Republican investigators person pointed to Biden's disastrous June 2024 statement and consequent revelations successful nan media that location were much concerns from Biden's soul circle astir his fittingness for agency than antecedently known.

Williams was 1 of 3 then-Biden aides called earlier Comer's House Oversight Committee successful July 2024 to talk nan erstwhile president's intelligence state, but nan White House astatine nan clip called it a "baseless governmental stunt" to NBC News.

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Rep. James Comer during a proceeding successful Washington connected March 20, 2024. (Al Drago/Bloomberg via Getty Images)

Her expected quality connected Friday comes 2 days aft ex-Biden White House expert Dr. Kevin O'Connor briefly sat down with investigators connected Wednesday.

O'Connor's brushwood pinch nan committee lasted astir 30 minutes, pinch nan expert invoking nan Fifth Amendment for each questions isolated from his name.

"It’s clear location was a conspiracy to screen up President Biden’s cognitive diminution aft Dr. Kevin O’Connor, Biden’s expert and family business associate, refused to reply immoderate questions and chose to hide down nan Fifth Amendment," Comer said successful a connection aft O'Connor's appearance.

"Dr. O’Connor took nan Fifth erstwhile asked if he was told to dishonesty astir President Biden’s wellness and whether he was fresh to beryllium President of nan United States. Congress must measure legislative solutions to forestall specified a screen up from happening again. We will proceed to question and reply much Biden White House aides to get nan answers Americans deserve."

Former President Joe Biden’s physician, Kevin O'Connor, appeared earlier nan House Oversight Committee. (Manuel Balce Ceneta/AP)

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O'Connor's lawyers said he did truthful retired of concerns that House investigators would break doctor-patient privilege.

"This Committee has indicated to Dr. O'Connor and his attorneys that it does not intend to grant 1 of nan astir well-known privileges successful our rule - nan expert diligent privilege. Instead, nan Committee has indicated that it will request that Dr. O'Connor reveal, without immoderate limitations, confidential accusation regarding his aesculapian examinations, treatment, and attraction of President Biden," nan lawyer connection said.

"Revealing confidential diligent accusation would break nan astir basal ethical work of a physician, could consequence successful revocation of Dr. O'Connor's aesculapian license, and would taxable Dr. O'Connor to imaginable civilian liability. Dr. O'Connor will not break his oath of confidentiality to immoderate of his patients, including President Biden."