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(NewsNation) — A third witness has pleaded the Fifth Amendment portion testifying earlier House Republicans astir erstwhile President Joe Biden's intelligence acuity and autopen usage portion successful office.
Annie Tomasini, Biden's erstwhile White House lawman main of staff, invoked the extortion aggregate times during a closed-door deposition connected Friday, according to Rep. James Comer, R-Ky., seat of the House Oversight Committee.
Tomasini allegedly declined to reply questions astir Biden's health, classified documents handling and alleged business dealings by the archetypal household astatine the astir 30-minute deposition.
"It’s unbelievable that Ms. Tomasini and others garbage to reply basal questions astir President Biden’s fittingness to serve," Comer said connected X. "It’s evident they would alternatively fell cardinal accusation to support themselves and Joe Biden than beryllium truthful with the American radical astir this historical scandal."
On July 9, Biden’s White House physician, Dr. Kevin O’Connor, invoked his Fifth Amendment close and near his deposition soon aft arriving.
Anthony Bernal, who antecedently served arsenic main of unit to erstwhile archetypal woman Jill Biden, did the aforesaid connected July 16.
There are 4 much depositions connected deck:
- Ian Sams, erstwhile peculiar adjunct to Biden
- Andrew Bates, Biden’s erstwhile lawman assistant
- Karine Jean Pierre, erstwhile White House property secretary
- Jeff Zients, erstwhile White House main of staff
NewsNaion's Steph Whiteside contributed to this report.
