Overview

• Annie Tomasini invoked her Fifth Amendment right in a closed-door deposition on July 18, becoming the third subpoenaed former aide to refuse testimony.
• Former White House physician Kevin O’Connor and longtime aide Anthony Bernal also pleaded the Fifth when compelled to appear under subpoena.
• Chairman James Comer has lined up depositions for Ian Sams, Andrew Bates, Karine Jean-Pierre and Jeff Zients as the probe broadens.
• Republicans are examining claims that Biden’s inner circle concealed signs of cognitive and physical decline and used an autopen to sign executive actions without his direct approval.
• President Joe Biden asserts he “made every decision” himself and dismisses the inquiry as a politically driven smear.