The Biden Autopen Presidency
Decline, Delusion, and Deception in the White House
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Faced with the cognitive decline of President Joe Biden, White House aides—at the direction of the inner circle—hid the truth about the former president’s condition and fitness for office. The inner circle propped up the former president throughout his entire term and kept him in the 2024 presidential race despite indisputable evidence (acknowledged even today by only a few Democrats) that the former president was no longer fully in command. Shockingly, the inner circle––to this day, over one year after Joe Biden’s 2024 presidential race––continues to deny and dismiss that the American public was concerned about President Biden’s cognitive decline, instead contending the American public’s issue was merely the former president’s numerical age.
The scripted rhetoric of the cover-up is so ingrained in White House staff that their talking points persisted when testifying to the Committee these past months. Ranking Member Robert Garcia continues to attempt to maintain the illusion as he repeats the same spin following President Biden’s disastrous debate against President Trump.
Likewise, Democratic staff on the Committee apparently did not think the question of who was running the country for four years was worth further investigation. Democrats—members and staff—only bothered to ask approximately 3 hours and 30 minutes worth of questions throughout nearly 47 hours of depositions and transcribed interviews throughout this investigation. When averaged across the 14 transcribed interviews and depositions conducted by the Committee, Democrats spent an average of just 15 minutes for questions per witness.
The cost of the scheme to hide the fallout of President Biden’s diminished physical and mental acuity was great but will likely never be fully calculated. The cover-up put American national security at risk and the nation’s trust in its leaders in jeopardy. Despite aides’ best efforts to conceal President Biden’s cognitive deterioration from the country, the former president’s legacy is clouded with this scandal, as evidenced by President Biden’s eventual withdrawal from the 2024 election.
White House Aides who were instrumental to the cover-up and did not fully testify before the Committee––including Bernal, Tomasini, and Dr. O’Connor––should face further scrutiny for hiding information from the American people. In conjunction with the release of this report, the Committee is transmitting letters to the Department of Justice and the District of Columbia Board of Medicine. The testimony––or lack thereof––indicates that Bernal and Tomasini, essential personnel to President Biden, should, as part of a continuing investigation, answer questions about President Biden’s cognitive decline to bring accountability to the American people.
Additionally, Dr. O’Connor’s role in the cover-up is deeply disturbing. Dr. O’Connor refused to answer the Committee’s questions about President Biden’s health, including the president’s cognitive health. As the White House physician, Dr. O’Connor owed a duty not only to his patient, the president, but also to the American people. If Dr. O’Connor improperly diagnosed or submitted false, misleading reports on President Biden’s health, he should face further investigation––if not sanction. Thus, the Committee urges the District of Columbia Board of Medicine to review the actions taken by Dr. O’Connor during his role as White House physician to President Biden.
Barring evidence of executive actions taken during the Biden presidency showing that President Biden indeed took a particular executive action, the Committee deems those actions taken through use of the autopen as void. The validity of the executive actions allegedly approved and signed (largely by autopen) by President Biden must be reviewed to determine whether legal action is necessary to ameliorate consequences of any illegitimate pardons granted, or executive actions implemented, throughout the Biden Autopen Presidency. The Committee finds numerous executive actions—particularly clemency actions—taken during the Biden Administration were illegitimate. Therefore, the Committee urges the Department of Justice to investigate all executive actions attributed to President Joe Biden.
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