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Former White House spokesman Andrew Bates on Capitol Hill Friday morning Joe Biden Inner circle.
He did not talk to reporters on his way into the closed-door interview, which was scheduled for 10 a.m. and is expected to last until afternoon.
Bates was almost a core member of Biden’s communications team, and he served four years in full, when the Democratic leader was promoted from deputy to senior deputy press secretary when he left office in January 2025.
He is the 11th former Biden official to participate in a House Oversight Committee investigation and the ninth voluntarily.
Long-term Biden aide says he will make up as much as $8 million if the president wins reelection
Three former bidder aides – Anthony Bernal, Annie Tomasini and former white physician Kevin O’Connor – were forced to appear in court through a congressional subpoena.
James Comer, chairman of the House Oversight Committee, r-ky. Biden’s senior assistant The former president masked signs of spiritual decline and whether any executive decisions were signed by automatic start without the full awareness of the leaders of the time.
They especially have a series of wide large orders signed in the second half of their tenure.
Former President Joe Biden spoke remotely to the National Action Cyber Conference in Washington, D.C. on April 12, 2024. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
Ron Klain avoids journalists after marathon barbecue.
“You served as senior deputy press secretary of the White House during the administration of former President Joe Biden. You also held a communication role during the 2020 Biden movement and Obama-Biden administration. In addition to Karine Jean-Pierre, you are one of the most well-known defenders of former President Biden’s mental acumen.”
The letter continues: “Given the increasing evidence that President Biden has lost a lot (if not all) in a single term, the scope of personal interactions within the Oval Office and personal interactions within the Oval Office cannot be investigated.”

Former Deputy Press Secretary Andrew Bates is the latest to appear on the committee. (Getty Image)
By contrast, Democrats describe the investigation as an unnecessary regression.
Comer previously described Democrats’ doubts about Biden’s witnesses as trivial, accusing them of having little time to try to gather any meaningful information.
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He said after an interview with another Biden spokesman Ian Sams“The Democratic inquiry…may lasted three minutes. They asked him to read an opening speech and they did their basics: What is your favorite color? Who else is your favorite cartoon character?”
“I think the important thing about this investigation is Republicans, certainly the oversight committee, who seem obsessed with the health of Joe Biden and Joe Biden, the committee’s top Democrat, said before Bates’ interview on Thursday.
“They should work hard and focus on health care for the American public, not their obsession with Joe Biden and what he did, which he didn’t do.

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