Overview

• Bruce Reed appeared on August 5 as the ninth former Biden aide to give a closed-door transcribed interview in the House Oversight Committee’s inquiry into presidential fitness and autopen use.
• Reed defended Biden’s mental acuity and attributed the former president’s poor debate performance to his lifelong stutter rather than cognitive decline.
• At least three subpoenaed witnesses, including Dr. Kevin O’Connor, have invoked their Fifth Amendment rights while six others have cooperated on a voluntary basis.
• Chairman James Comer has broadened the probe to scrutinize Biden’s use of an autopen for signing late-term pardons and executive orders after revelations in the book Original Sin.
• The committee has lined up additional transcribed interviews through September, with former communications director Anita Dunn scheduled to testify this week.