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Bruce Reed Is Ninth Biden Aide to Testify in House Probe of Cognitive Decline and Autopen Use

It precedes former communications adviser Anita Dunn’s scheduled testimony Thursday following a series of voluntary sessions, with several witnesses invoking their Fifth Amendment rights.

Bruce Reed, assistant to the president and deputy chief of staff, walks to Marine One behind President Joe Biden, July 6, 2022.
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Overview

  • Bruce Reed, President Biden’s former deputy chief of staff for policy, voluntarily testified before the House Oversight Committee on August 5.
  • Reed is the ninth ex-White House official to appear and the sixth to testify voluntarily in the probe, which examines alleged concealment of Biden’s mental decline.
  • Three former aides and White House physician Dr. Kevin O’Connor were compelled to appear and invoked the Fifth Amendment in prior sessions.
  • Chair James Comer is investigating whether Biden’s inner circle relied on an autopen to sign executive actions without his direct involvement.
  • Republicans contend the findings could set new precedents for congressional oversight of presidential fitness, while Democrats denounce the inquiry as partisan.