'Evidence of cover-up' in Biden admininstration, Comer says

(NewsNation) — The president of the Oversight and Government Reform Committee, Rep. James Comer, R-Ky., tells NewsNation determination needs to beryllium further probe into whether crimes were committed successful the Biden White House.

House Republicans person called connected the Justice Department to motorboat an probe into the Biden administration’s use of an autopen, an effort they anticipation volition unwind assorted actions taken by erstwhile President Joe Biden.

The 100-page study released Tuesday caps an probe brought by the sheet pursuing questions about Biden’s intelligence acuity.

"The president was shielded from everyone, adjacent the elder staffers, who admitted nether oath that immoderate of them would spot him little than erstwhile a month," Comer told "The Hill connected NewsNation."

Comer utilized erstwhile White House caput Ian Sams arsenic an illustration of however determination was immoderate cover-up during the Biden administration.

"[He] gave regular property conferences during the Biden influence-peddling investigation that I led, during the Robert Hur investigation, helium gave regular briefings implying helium was talking to President Biden. But erstwhile we got him nether oath, helium admitted helium lone saw President Biden successful idiosyncratic successful 2 years. It's grounds of a cover-up," Comer said.

"It's applicable due to the fact that this president... conscionable went haywire with the car pin. They signed each these enforcement orders," helium added.

Comer besides asked the D.C. Department of Health’s Board of Medicine to analyse Biden’s doctor.

The astir important requests associated with the study autumn to Attorney General Pam Bondi, including whether immoderate Biden pardons should beryllium overturned.

Any probe by Bondi could perchance laic the groundwork for aboriginal ineligible battles should the Trump medication effort to region immoderate actions oregon pardons signed by Biden.

A spokesperson for erstwhile President Biden rebuked the committee’s reasoning for a petition Tuesday.

“This probe into baseless claims has confirmed what has been wide from the start: President Biden made the decisions of his presidency,” the spokesperson said successful a statement. “There was nary conspiracy, nary cover-up, and nary wrongdoing. Congressional Republicans should halt focusing connected governmental retribution and alternatively enactment to extremity the authorities shutdown.”

NewsNation spouse The Hill contributed to this report.