House GOP expands probe into Biden's health
Why it matters: House Oversight Chairman Jim Comer 's move to expand the GOP probe into Biden's health — spurred in part by revelations from Alex Thompson and Jake Tapper's new book, " Original Sin — comes a year to the date after former President Biden's disastrous debate performance.
Comer (R-Ky.) is sending letters Friday to former White House spokesmen Ian Sams and Andrew Bates — along with Zients and Jean-Pierre — demanding they appear before the panel for transcribed interviews.
"As part of our aggressive investigation into the cover-up of his cognitive decline and potentially unauthorized executive actions, we must hear from the those who aided and abetted this farce," Comer said in a statement.
The big picture: In their book, Thompson and Tapper implicate what they dub Biden's "politburo" in a coordinated campaign to hide details of Biden's deteriorating health from public view.
Biden's spokespeople have pushed back on the claim that there was a cover-up around his health, arguing that he was mentally and physically capable of serving as president through the end of his term.
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