Jun 27, 2025 - Politics & Policy

House GOP expands probe into Biden's health

Kathleen Hunter

House Oversight Chairman James Comer at a Capitol Hill hearing on June 3, 2024. Photo: Jim Watson / AFP via Getty Images

House Republicans are seeking to hear from several top Biden White House officials, including former Chief of Staff Jeff Zients and former Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre, as part of their investigation into the ex-president'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.

A Biden spokesperson did not immediately respond to a recent request for comment.

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