From Breitbart: A House oversight committee probe into the alleged coverup of the mental decline of former President Joe Biden during his term continues this week with two more former White House aides scheduled to testify.
The Republican-led committee has slated interviews with Biden counselor Steve Ricchetti and former senior adviser Mike Donilon for Wednesday and Thursday. Both have signaled that they will — unlike some past witnesses — voluntarily appear, according to reporting by CNN.
However, it’s not clear yet whether they will break with previous witnesses who have either refused to answer questions or contended that Joe Biden was mentally capable of serving as president of the United States.
Previous high-profile witnesses such as White House physician Dr. Kevin O’Connor had to be subpoenaed to sit for the panel, and once they appeared they refused to answer questions, asserting their Fifth Amendment privilege against self-incrimination.
The House Oversight Committee announced Wednesday morning:
Today: Steve Ricchetti
Tomorrow: Mike Donilon
Two more of Biden’s closest aides are lawyered up and sitting down with us for transcribed interviews as our probe into his mental fitness moves forward. The cover-up isn’t holding.
Today: Steve Ricchetti
Tomorrow: Mike DonilonTwo more of Biden’s closest aides are lawyered up and sitting down with us for transcribed interviews as our probe into his mental fitness moves forward.
The cover-up isn’t holding. https://t.co/6KEeHm14q9
— Oversight Committee (@GOPoversight) July 30, 2025
Axios reporter Alex Thompson shared a portion of Ricchetti’s defiant opening statement before Congress on Wednesday:
“The Trump Administration’s efforts to taint President Biden’s legacy with baseless assertions about President Biden’s mental health are an obvious attempt to deflect from the chaos of this Administration’s first six months.
“The Committee’s investigation is part of a concerted effort by the Administration and its Congressional allies to diminish the record of the former President by advancing the false narrative that President Biden was mentally unable to perform his Constitutional duties and that members of his staff usurped the President’s Article II powers….
“Let me be clear: At all times during his presidency, I believed that President Biden was fully capable of exercising his Presidential duties and responsibilities, and that he did so. Neither I, nor anyone else, usurped President Biden’s constitutional duties, which he faithfully and fully carried out each and every day.”
From Steve Ricchetti’s opening statement today, obtained by Axios:
“The Trump Administration’s efforts to taint President Biden’s legacy with baseless assertions about President Biden’s mental health are an obvious attempt to deflect from the chaos of this
Administration’s first…— Alex Thompson (@AlexThomp) July 30, 2025
The NRCC wrote, “Key co-conspirators in Biden’s cognitive cover-up Mike Donilon & Steve Ricchetti facing Congress this week. House Democrats were core accomplices in hiding Biden’s presidential incapacity from the American people, the fraud of the century! They must be held accountable.”
Key co-conspirators in Biden’s cognitive cover-up Mike Donilon & Steve Ricchetti facing Congress this week
House Democrats were core accomplices in hiding Biden’s presidential incapacity from the American people, the fraud of the century!
They must be held accountable. pic.twitter.com/04uW3PVf3Q
— NRCC (@NRCC) July 30, 2025
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