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Fox News Digital cited the former Biden administration’s top aide to invoke the Fifth Amendment during a closed deposition with the House Oversight Committee on Friday.
Annie Tomasini Joe Biden The so-called spiritual decline was covered up by his inner circle.
The former White House deputy chief of staff was seen entering the committee room within an hour, and neither of them said anything to reporters.
Left: Former President Joe Biden. A new book describes Biden’s cabinet meeting as “scripts” and “discomfortable.” Right: R-Ky, Chairman of the Housing Supervision and Accountability Committee. (Paul Morigi/Getty’s care image can’t wait for action and AP photos/Mariam Zuhaib)
A source familiar with the discussion told Fox News Digital that she has repeatedly invoked the Fifth Amendment, which could be the cause of hasty meetings.
Tomasini is the third former competition government official before commission investigators Under the subpoenaand the fifth overall.
She had intended to appear in court on Friday for a voluntary transcription interview, but committee aides had previously told Fox News Numbers that Thomasini’s lawyers had asked House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer (R-ky.) to issue a subpoena.

Right Annie Tomasini saw it with President Joe Biden in Washington, DC on July 12, 2022 (Nicholas Kamm/AFP via Getty Images)
Two previous officials who appeared under the subpoena — also cited the Fifth Amendment, a former white House physician, and Anthony Bernal, a longtime aide to former former lady Jill.
Comer is investigating allegations Biden’s former White House aide It covers the signs of his physical and mental decline during his tenure and the signs of commissioning administrative actions through autonomous driving without the full knowledge of the president. Biden Allies oppose these claims.

The House Oversight Committee asked President Joe Biden’s physician Kevin O’Connor at a recent hearing as part of an investigation into Biden’s mental decline. (Manuel Balce Ceneta/AP)
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In an interview The New York Times On Thursday, Biden confirmed that he himself “made all the decisions.”
But Republicans have repeatedly accused those who defended the Fifth Amendment so far for intentionally hiding key information about the former president, even if their lawyers think it is not guilty.

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