{"id":2448498,"date":"2025-06-17T16:35:57","date_gmt":"2025-06-17T20:35:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/spicer-to-testify-in-senate-gop-hearing-on-bidens-fitness-to-serve\/"},"modified":"2025-06-17T16:37:26","modified_gmt":"2025-06-17T20:37:26","slug":"spicer-to-testify-in-senate-gop-hearing-on-bidens-fitness-to-serve","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/spicer-to-testify-in-senate-gop-hearing-on-bidens-fitness-to-serve\/","title":{"rendered":"Spicer to testify in Senate GOP hearing on Biden&#8217;s fitness to serve"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fspicer-to-testify-in-senate-gop-hearing-on-bidens-fitness-to-serve%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2448498&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Sean Spicer, the former press secretary for President donald Trump, is scheduled to testify before the Senate Judiciary Committee in a Republican-led hearing examining concerns about President Joe Biden&#8217;s cognitive fitness for office. The hearing, titled &#8220;Unfit to Serve: How the Biden Cover-Up Endangered America and Undermined the Constitution,&#8221; will investigate allegations that Biden&#8217;s aides and media members concealed signs of his cognitive decline while he was in office. Senate Republicans plan to focus on constitutional questions regarding executive authority and decision-making within the White house, arguing that unelected aides were heavily involved in guiding the administration&#8217;s actions as Biden faced challenges with basic tasks.<\/p>\n<p>Other witnesses scheduled to appear include a constitutional law professor and a former Trump administration official. In conjunction with the hearing, Republican Senator Eric Schmitt has launched a <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >whistleblower hotline seeking information related<\/a> to the alleged cover-up of Biden&#8217;s mental state. Democrats on the committee have criticized the hearing as a politically motivated spectacle devoid of substantial evidence. <\/p>\n<p>This hearing comes at a time of increased scrutiny of Biden&#8217;s health, exacerbated by discussions surrounding his use of an autopen for signatures, suggesting a possible abdication of presidential responsibilities. House Republicans also plan to investigate the inner workings of the Biden administration later this month, focusing on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/one-year-later-how-the-death-of-george-floyd-changed-5-american-institutions\/\" title=\"One Year Later: How The Death Of George Floyd Changed 5 American Institutions\u00a0\">decision-making processes<\/a> and the roles of key aides.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob 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class=\"tdb-title-text\">Sean Spicer to testify in Senate GOP hearing on Biden&rsquo;s fitness to serve<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_2147765\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/sean-spicer\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Sean Spicer<\/a>, the former <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/section\/news\/white-house\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">White House<\/a> press secretary during President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Donald Trump<\/a>&lsquo;s first term, will testify Wednesday before the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/senate-judiciary-committee\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Senate Judiciary Committee<\/a> as part of a Republican-led hearing investigating whether former President Joe Biden&rsquo;s top aides and members of the press helped obscure signs of cognitive decline throughout his presidency.<\/p>\n<p>The 10:15 a.m. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.judiciary.senate.gov\/committee-activity\/hearings\/unfit-to-serve-how-the-biden-cover-up-endangered-america-and-undermined-the-constitution\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">hearing<\/a> on Wednesday, titled <em>&ldquo;<\/em>Unfit to Serve: How the Biden Cover-Up Endangered America and Undermined the Constitution<em>,&rdquo;<\/em> with Republican Sens. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/john-cornyn\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">John Cornyn<\/a> (TX) and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/eric-schmitt\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Eric Schmitt<\/a> (MO) as cochairmen, marks a new push by Senate Republicans to revive concerns about who was running the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/executive-branch\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">executive branch<\/a> during Biden&rsquo;s time in office.<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/world\/3444522\/kim-jong-un-deploys-personnel-north-korea-kursk\/\">Kim Jong Un deploys 6,000 personnel to Kursk with North Korean memorial planned<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/3444721\/district-chief-oppose-louisiana-public-defender-policie\/\">District chiefs oppose Louisiana State Public Defender&#8217;s policies<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/3444526\/los-angeles-protests-taxpayers-funded-both-sides\/\">Taxpayers funded both sides of Los Angeles protests<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Former White House press secretary Sean Spicer pauses while talking to the media during the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-makes-history-first-president-in-40-years-to-punt-on-contacting-israel\/\" title=\"Biden Makes History: First President in 40 Years to Punt on Contacting Israel\">daily press briefing<\/a> at the White House in Washington, Tuesday, April 11, 2017. Spicer discussed Syria, Trump&rsquo;s 2016 tax returns, the Easter Egg Roll, and other topics. (Andrew Harnik\/AP)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Republicans plan to argue that the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/white-house\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">White House<\/a> relied heavily on unelected aides to guide major decisions while Biden struggled publicly and privately with basic tasks, and that elements of the legacy <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">press<\/a> knowingly withheld or downplayed signs of his deterioration. Rather than focus on Biden&rsquo;s health, GOP lawmakers are expected to zero in on constitutional questions about <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/executive-power\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">executive authority<\/a>, chain of command, and internal White House decision-making.<\/p>\n<p>Also slated to testify are John Harrison, a constitutional law professor at the University of Virginia, and Theodore Wold, a former Trump administration official now affiliated with the Claremont Institute&rsquo;s Administrative State Project.<\/p>\n<p>Following the announcement of the Senate hearing earlier this month, Schmitt <a href=\"https:\/\/www.schmitt.senate.gov\/media\/press-releases\/senator-schmitt-launches-whistleblower-hotline-for-biden-mental-decline-cover-up-tips\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">announced<\/a> last week a &ldquo;whistleblower hotline&rdquo; to receive tips from former White House staff to report any information regarding &ldquo;the cover-up of President Biden&rsquo;s decline&rdquo; or information about &ldquo;who was running the country while the President was sidelined.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Americans are rightfully concerned about the massive cover-up that occurred during Joe Biden&rsquo;s presidency, and they deserve answers. As we prepare for next week&rsquo;s Judiciary hearing, I encourage anyone with information regarding the Biden cover-up to share their stories. We must ensure our Constitution is never undermined like this again,&rdquo;&nbsp;said Schmitt.<\/p>\n<p>Democrats on the committee have largely dismissed the hearing as a partisan spectacle based on unsubstantiated conspiracies and have no plans to bring in their own witnesses.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;We have so many important topics to consider, and this is a totally political undertaking by several of my colleagues,&rdquo; Sen. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/dick-durbin\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Dick Durbin<\/a> (D-IL), a ranking Democrat on the committee, told reporters. &ldquo;It is a waste of the Senate Judiciary Committee&rsquo;s time.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Durbin, according to an aide, will deliver a brief opening statement before exiting the hearing. Other Democratic members may also skip the proceedings.<\/p>\n<p>The hearing by Senate Republicans coincides with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/vivek-ramaswamy-vows-to-release-jeffrey-epsteins-client-list-if-elected-president\/\" title=\"Vivek Ramaswamy promises to reveal Epstein&#039;s client list as President.\">renewed public interest<\/a> in Biden&rsquo;s use of autopen signature authority, which some Republicans argue reflects a broader abdication of presidential responsibility. Concerns over Biden&rsquo;s physical and mental state were elevated around the release of&nbsp;<em>Original Sin<\/em>, a book by CNN&rsquo;s Jake Tapper and <em>Axios<\/em>&rsquo;s Alex Thompson, which highlighted that top aides worked to conceal Biden&rsquo;s deteriorating cognitive abilities from the public and even from other White House officials.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/senate\/3425926\/senate-hearing-biden-cognitive-decline-cover-up\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"NEW SENATE INVESTIGATION INTO WHO WAS RUNNING THE COUNTRY FOR BIDEN\">NEW SENATE INVESTIGATION INTO WHO WAS RUNNING THE COUNTRY FOR BIDEN<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Later this month, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/house-republicans\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">House Republicans<\/a> are preparing to interview current and former Biden officials behind closed doors about White House decision-making processes and the role of presidential aides behind the scenes.<\/p>\n<p>House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer (R-KY) has forged clear distinctions in his committee&rsquo;s post-Biden presidency investigation, focusing more on interviewing actual former Biden staffers, including via a subpoena lodged against former White House physician and Biden&rsquo;s personal doctor, Kevin O&rsquo;Connor.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_2147765\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"2147765\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sean Spicer to testify in Senate GOP hearing on Biden&#8217;s fitness<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3893,"featured_media":2448499,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/86b8e4c69738b6b0ec0974f0de32df2c-1024x591.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[3620,57337,34548,57336,5308],"class_list":["post-2448498","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-biden","tag-fitness-to-serve","tag-senate-gop","tag-spicer","tag-testify"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/86b8e4c69738b6b0ec0974f0de32df2c-1024x591.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2448498","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3893"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2448498"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2448498\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2448502,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2448498\/revisions\/2448502"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2448499"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2448498"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2448498"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2448498"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}