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A bombshell report released on Tuesday (October 28) claims that former President Joe Biden's executive actions "cannot all be deemed his own" as his advisers "went to great lengths to prop" him up during the end of his administration, the New York Post reports.
The House Oversight Committee staff document, which was based on dozens of interviews with former Biden aides, accuses the former president's "inner circle" of having taken steps to "meticulously stage-manage" his public appearances, lighten his workload in office and prohibit lawmakers from speaking to him.
“These steps ranged from addressing President Biden’s makeup, clothing, schedule, the number of steps President Biden could walk or climb, the amount of time President Biden needed to read and to spend with his family, keeping cabinet meetings to a minimum, eliciting ‘direction’ from Hollywood on the State of the Union and other events, and using teleprompters even at small, intimate events," the 91-page report states.
The report claims that Biden was given a notecard full of approved talking points when he pardoned his son, Hunter, toward the end of his presidency. The investigation, which was led by Oversight Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.), also reportedly found that Biden's autopen orders should be considered null and void as they were authorized with no "approval traceable to the president's own consent."
Biden had previously confirmed to the New York Times in July that he used autopen to sign 25 pardon and communication warrants during the final two months of his administration, though his son's pardon was one of the few signed by hand during that span.