Overview

• Former senior communications adviser Anita Dunn voluntarily appeared Thursday before the GOP-led House Oversight Committee without a subpoena.
• Dunn testified that she observed President Biden fully engaged in decision-making and communications despite aging physically.
• She denied any efforts by staff to conceal his cognitive state or to exercise presidential powers without his knowledge.
• Several former aides, including Dr. Kevin O’Connor and Annie Tomasini, have invoked the Fifth Amendment in response to committee subpoenas.
• Committee Chair James Comer is planning additional transcribed interviews and weighing legislative measures on autopen signing and presidential fitness standards.