The longtime help of Jill Biden invokes the fifth amendment in the concealment probe of the GOP House

A high -level assistant to the former first woman Jill Biden refused to answer questions from the GOP investigators on Wednesday while the chamber’s surveillance committee questioned whether the former assistants of the White House covered signs of the mental decline of former president Joe Biden.

Anthony Bernal, former assistant of the president and principal advisor to the First Lady, was forced for a deposition to camera on July 16 after having missed an interview previously agreed at the end of last month.

However, his scheduled diary came and came quickly. Bernal apparently pleaded the fifth amendment to the questions asked by the staff of the Chamber, a familiar source told Fox News Digital.

The chairman of the Chamber’s supervisory committee, James Comer, R-Ky., Quickly confirmed that Bernal invoked his right against self-incrimination in the comments to journalists alongside the representative of the Byron Donalds Committee, R-Fla., Who was also present.

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Former assistant to Biden Anthony Bernal was assigned to appear by the Chamber’s supervisory committee. (Getty)

The two criticized Bernal and his lawyer for arguing that the fifth amendment was not an admission of guilt, and Comer told journalists “all the options are on the table” when asked if the former president himself was to be brought.

“We will continue our investigation. I think the American people are worried,” said Commer.

A declaration of follow -up of Comer said: “During his testimony today, Mr. Bernal pleaded the fifth when he was asked if an elected official or family members performed the functions of the president and if Joe Biden never asked him to lie about his health.”

While the deposit was to be led by the staff, several legislators were seen to enter the room-the representatives Pete Sessions, R-Texas and Jasmine Crockett, D-Texas, both members of the committee, both made appearances.

Crockett said the deposit was “good” in response to a question from Fox News Digital. “These are always losers,” she added.

Donalds, however, called on the investigators to the Chamber to prosecute their tracks aggressively.

“The president is nice. I don’t have to be. It is corruption at the highest level, because if you cannot, say, answer a simple question about the capacities of Joe Biden, then that also shows that he was not in charge of his administration,” said Donalds.

“And if he was not in charge of his administration, then each order, each bill signed, each memorandum, as far as I am concerned, is zero and not avenue.”

Commer investigating allegations that The old best aids in the Biden White House Blowing signs of his mental and physical decline during his duties, and if executive actions were ordered via Autopen without the full knowledge of the president. The Biden allies have rejected these claims.

In an interview The New York Times Biden said on Thursday that he had “made every decision” by himself.

The chairman of the House Supervisory and Responsibility Committee, James Comer, heads the investigation. (Anna Moneymaker / Getty Images)

“Original Sin”, a book of the anchor of CNN Jake Tapper and the political correspondent Axios Alex Thompson, Position Bernal as A fiercely protective assistant who was nicknamed the chief of the “loyalty police” by other former members of Biden staff.

His LinkedIn page currently lists him as chief of staff to Jill Biden at the transitional office of former president Joe Biden.

Bernal was originally to appear last month for a voluntary transcribed interview, but he and his lawyers have backtrack after the Trump administration announced that she returned the rights of executive privileges for him and several other former members of the White House staff.

“Now that the White House has given up the executive privilege, it is clear that Anthony Bernal – the so -called “husband” of work of Jill Biden – has never intended to be transparent on the cognitive decline of Joe Biden and the concealment that followed, “said Commer at the end of June.

He is now the second former staff member of the Biden administration to invoke the fifth amendment after the former doctor of Maison Blanc Kevin O’Connor did it last week.

The O’Connor deposit lasted less than 30 minutes, the doctor refusing to answer all questions after his name.

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The chamber’s supervisory committee published 20 minutes of video sequences of Dr. Kevin O’Connor’s deposition, showing him the fifth to all questions except by answering his name. (@Gopoveversight via x)

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But the lawyers of O’Connor argued at the time that it was not an admission of guilt. On the contrary, they feared that the scope of the committee’s interrogations could force him to violate the confidentiality of the patient patient, risking his position as a doctor.

An assistant to the Chamber’s supervisory committee postponed: “The doctor’s objection would have noted that he would have stayed and answered questions that did not involve such a privilege. Instead, he took the fifth to all and to any potential question.”

Two other former members of the Blank Maison de Biden has already appeared for transcribed voluntary interviews.

Another, the former deputy chief of staff Annie Tomasini, was also assigned to appear this Friday.