Overview

• Ian Sams sat for a voluntary, closed-door transcribed interview Thursday in the House Oversight probe into the former White House’s operations.
• Chairman James Comer said Sams described only two in-person meetings with Biden, plus one virtual meeting and one phone call between 2022 and 2024.
• Investigators are scrutinizing whether aides used an autopen for major executive actions and a broad clemency program without Biden’s direct assent.
• Conservative watchdog materials cite internal DOJ emails warning that the language of mass commutations risked covering violent offenders.
• Biden has insisted he personally made the decisions and experts note autopen use can be lawful, though the committee says questions remain.