Overview

• Karine Jean-Pierre sat for a nearly five-hour, closed-door transcribed interview on Friday, becoming one of the highest-profile former Biden aides to appear in the House Oversight Committee’s autopen inquiry.
• A source familiar with her interview says she acknowledged Biden is not the same speaker she first knew, said she did not know why his speaking changed, and described health-related talking points as tightly controlled at the senior level.
• The investigation is reviewing documents and emails about a late-term shift to autopen signatures for a large volume of clemencies, with Republicans citing roughly 2,500 actions and raising questions about authorization and recordkeeping.
• More than a dozen former officials have testified, while several others — including White House physician Dr. Kevin O’Connor, Anthony Bernal, and Annie Tomasini — invoked the Fifth Amendment in response to subpoenas.
• Biden and his allies dispute wrongdoing, with Biden telling The New York Times he personally made every clemency decision, as Chairman James Comer signals the committee is nearing conclusions and potential legislative recommendations.