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Bernal entered the Rayburn House Office Building hearing room at 9:52 a.m. and did not answer any questions as part of the BidenGOP's Mike Rogers lags behind challengers in bid to flip Michigan Senate seatHe is not the first witness to invoke his Fifth Amendment in this investigation.
Biden’s former physician, Dr. Kevin O’Connor, decided to invoke the Fifth Amendment last week after the committee denied his request to delay his testimony.Former Biden aide Anthony Bernal entered the House Oversight hearing room at 9:52 a.m. for his closed-door deposition, he could invoke his Fifth Amendment right as Dr. Kevin O’Connor last week.Bernal canceled his plans to appear before the committee last month for the second transcribed interview relating to former President‘s use of the autopen. The former Biden aide was an assistant to the president and senior adviser to former first ladyfor all witnesses, leading Bernal to cancel last month. Executive privilege allows a witness to withhold information from Congress to protect the integrity of the executive branch. As the investigation progresses, the rest of the witnesses will also be denied the same protections. Rep. Jasmine Crockett told reporters when O’Connor invoked the Fifth Amendment that it should not be seen as a sign of guilt but rather reality, as the House, Senate, and the Department of Justice have all opened investigations into Biden’s health. Former Biden aide Anthony Bernal arrives at a House Oversight Committee deposition on July 16, 2025. “He did what any good lawyer would advise him to do, and it seems like he had two good lawyers in the room today,” Crockett told reporters.last month that no interviews will be released before all of them have concluded. Transcribed interviews are typically conducted by committee staff over several hours, and both parties are granted extended time for questioning, compared to the five-minute increments afforded to members during publicly televised hearings. More interviews are set to take place over the next few months.
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