“ I did not know who gave the final approval to use autopen ”, admits the top biden help
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A former superior help to President Joe Biden said that she was authorized to direct the automatic signatures but was not aware of who in the interior circle of the president gave him a latest authorization, according to a familiar source with the testimony of aid in front of the Congress on Tuesday.
Neera Tanden, the former director of the Biden National Policy Council, testified on Tuesday hours during an interview before the chamber’s surveillance committee, which is investigating the mental acuity of the former president and his use of an automatic signature tool that enabled aid to sign pardons, memos and other important documents on behalf of Biden.
During the interview with Tanden before the congress, which lasted more than five hours, she told legislators that, in her role as staff secretary and main councilor of the former president between 2021 and 2023, she was authorized to direct Fox News to direct the automotive signatures on behalf of Biden, told Fox News. The approval system used, according to Tanden’s testimony, relayed to Fox News, was inherited from previous administrations.
Neera Tanden, the former director of the National Policy Council of Biden, testified on Tuesday more than five hours in camera as part of the investigation of the Republicans of the Chamber on the mental acuity of the former president and his use of an automatic signature tool which allowed the aid to sign memos, documents and other important documents on behalf of Biden. (Getty Images)
But Tanden, who said that she had limited interactions with Biden, described an approval process that left her in ignorance to know who specifically gave the final approval on the decisions to use the automatic signature tool, sources told Fox News.
Tanden testified that to obtain the approval of the use of automatic signatures, it would send decision -making memos to the members of the inner circle of Biden. However, she added that she did not know what actions or approvals had taken place between the moment when she sent the decision note and the moment when she received it with the necessary approval.
When Tanden was asked if she had never discussed Biden’s health or her ability to be president during her assistance time, including during the period of the widely criticized debate of the former president last summer, Tanden said that she had not done so. The legislators have established a list of names of civil servants with which she could have discussed it, and Tanden said “no” to each name, according to a familiar source with his closed testimony.
Biden insists that “ I made the decisions ” while the Republicans investigate the use of the White House autopen
Neera Tanden, the former director of the national policy of Biden, was the first of several republican assistants will question the use by the former administration of the Automatic Tool of the White House. (Getty Images; Fox News)
Tanden did not speak to journalists on the way to the Capitol on Tuesday morning. When she left, she expressed her desire to cooperate with the current investigation.
“I have just spoken with the chamber’s surveillance committee, the majority and the council of minorities. I answered each question, I was happy to discuss my public service and it was an in -depth process. And I am happy to have answered everyone’s question,” Tanden told journalists.
When he then asked if there had been efforts to hide the state of Biden, Tanden replied: “Absolutely not”.
In addition to the tanden, the former doctor of the Blanche de Biden, Dr. Kevin O’Connor, will appear for a deposition to the legislators of chamber surveillance after being assigned by the Republicans.
In addition to the tanden, the former doctor of the Blanche de Biden, Dr. Kevin O’Connor, will appear for a deposition before the house surveillance legislators after being assigned to appear by the Republicans. Three other high -level employees also agreed to testify. (Doj / getty)
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In addition to O’Connor and Tanden, the supervisory committee plans to hear Anthony Bernal, who was senior advisor to former first lady Jill Biden; Annie Tomasini, who was the former deputy chief of staff of Biden; And Ashley Williams, who was the former deputy director of Oval Office operations under Biden.
Republican surveillance is Also research interviews With managers who were some of the closest confidants of Biden, including former chief of staff Ron Klain and Anita Dunn, a former principal adviser to the President for Communications.
