The first transcribed meeting of the Supervision Committee of the House of Representatives investigating the mental sharpness of former President Joe Biden began on Tuesday with the former director of the National Policy Council of the White House, Neera Tanden, appearing to interrogate in Capitol Hill.
The president of the Committee, James Eat, is investigating the health and mental “decline” of Biden, as well as the use of an automatic pilot for pardons and other executive actions.
“This is the first of what will be many interviews with people who believe they were involved in the Autopen scandal in the Biden Administration,” he said to eat journalists on Tuesday morning. “I think the American people want to know, I think there is a great level of curiosity in the press body [with] I respect who was really calling the shooting in the Biden administration. “
After the introductory part of the meeting, eating said the Republicans ended a “good time”, while representative Wesley Bell, D-Mo., He described it as a “extraordinary time loss.”
The CEO of the American Center for Progress, Neera Tanden, speaks during a concentration of the tax proposal of the Republicans of the House of Representatives before the final vote of the Chamber in Capitol Hill, on May 21, 2025.
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Later, during a lunch, eating said that “everything is going well” and that Tanden is “being very communicative when answering our questions.”
He added that the Democrats refused to ask any question in the early hours, but they say they plan soon.
Tanden was nominated by Biden to be the director of the Office of Administration and Budget, but finally withdrew his nomination after facing a strong confirmation battle and bipartisan criticism about his previous tweets that attacked the members of Congress.
In addition to Tanden, it is expected that former Biden senior helpers feel for interviews in the coming weeks without being summoned, including Anthony Bernal, Ashley Williams and Annie Tomasini.
Dr. Kevin O’Connor, the former White House doctor for Biden, will appear low citation Before the committee for a closed and transcribed interview on July 9, he said a source familiar with ABC News committee plans.
ABC News Lauren Peller contributed to this report.
