Three of Biden's top aides are now SUBPOENAED by Republicans to testify about his mental fitness and accusations they are hiding the 81-year-old's 'declining cognitive state'

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  • The aides are Anthony Bernal, Annie Tomasini, and Ashley Williams 
  • The White House deed backmost describing nan move arsenic a 'baseless governmental stunt'
  • READ MORE: Biden faces much calls to measurement down from reelection campaign 

By Rob Crilly, Chief U.S. Political Correspondent For Dailymail.Com In Washington, D.C.

Published: 18:16 EDT, 10 July 2024 | Updated: 01:59 EDT, 11 July 2024

Republicans connected Wednesday subpoenaed 3 elder White House aides demanding that they reply questions astir President Joe Biden's wellness and fittingness for office.

Republicans connected nan House Oversight Committee want to grill Biden's apical adjutant Anthony Bernal, lawman main of staff, Annie Tomasini, and elder advisor Ashley Williams.

The committee had antecedently tried to mobility nan 3 arsenic portion of a probe into Biden's mishandling of classified documents, a move blocked by nan White House. 

'The White House has shielded 3 cardinal aides from testifying astir President Biden’s mishandling of classified documents and now we’ve learned done reporting these aforesaid aides are besides seeking to screen up President Biden’s declining cognitive authorities wrong nan White House,' said committee president Rep. James Comer.

'President Biden is intelligibly unfit for office, yet his unit are trying to hide nan truth from nan American people. Key White House unit must travel earlier our committee truthful we tin supply nan transparency and accountability that Americans deserve.'

Republicans connected Wednesday subpoenaed 3 elder White House aides demanding that they reply questions astir President Joe Biden 's wellness and fittingness for office. They included Anthony Bernal, lawman main of staff, and elder advisor Ashley Williams

The 3 support a low-profile but are among nan Bidens' closest aides. Two person entree to their charismatic residence and often travel them to their Delaware homes.

In nan meantime Biden is fighting for his governmental life arsenic a increasing chorus of Democrats calls connected him not to activity reelection.

The subpoenas will support unit connected nan president though it is different for committees to edifice to ineligible limb twisting earlier offering a voluntary invitation to testify.

'Like everything Congressman Comer has done complete nan past year, these subpoenas are a baseless governmental stunt intended for him to get media attraction alternatively of prosecute successful morganatic oversight,' said Ian Sams, a White House spokesman.

'His partisan attacks connected nan president person been discredited, and now he continues to debase nan House by weaponizing subpoenas to get headlines alternatively of seeking accusation done nan due law process.'

Comer lead an impeachment enquiry into Biden that included interviewing members of his family. But it led obscurity and Democrats accused him of starring a sportfishing expedition. 

In nan meantime, Biden is locked successful a conflict for survival. 

Hollywood prima George Clooney, a friend of erstwhile President Barack Obama, was nan latest high-profile fig to telephone for Biden to measurement aside.

He is nether aggravated scrutiny aft a bumbling statement capacity against Donald Trump sent shockwaves done his party.

The 3rd aide, Annie Tomasini, is seen present pinch President Joe Biden successful 2022

Although he swept to an easy triumph successful nan Democratic information race, location is heavy unease astir his fittingness to triumph reelection successful November.

It takes statesmanlike authorities into uncharted territory, pinch nan White House property caput forced to contradict he is suffering from Parkinson's illness aliases hydrocephaly. 

On Tuesday evening Karine Jean-Pierre was forced to admit she had misled reporters, erstwhile she initially said a gathering betwixt a starring neurologist and nan president's individual expert was not related to Biden's health.

It was nan 2nd clip she had had to rumor a explanation successful a matter of days, heightening nan consciousness of crisis. 

Comer asked nan aides to respond to nan subpoenas by July 17 and that they beryllium for interviews later this month. 

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