{"id":2463605,"date":"2025-07-18T15:47:01","date_gmt":"2025-07-18T19:47:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/watch-annie-tomasini-pleading-the-fifth-in-biden-autopen-deposition\/"},"modified":"2025-07-18T15:48:05","modified_gmt":"2025-07-18T19:48:05","slug":"watch-annie-tomasini-pleading-the-fifth-in-biden-autopen-deposition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/watch-annie-tomasini-pleading-the-fifth-in-biden-autopen-deposition\/","title":{"rendered":"Watch: Annie Tomasini pleading the Fifth in Biden autopen deposition"},"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\">20<\/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%2Fwatch-annie-tomasini-pleading-the-fifth-in-biden-autopen-deposition%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=2463605&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>The House Oversight Committee released a video showing former Biden aide Annie Tomasini invoking the Fifth Amendment multiple times during her deposition in an inquiry into the Biden administration&#8217;s use of the autopen, a device for signing documents. Tomasini declined to answer questions about President Biden&#8217;s handling of classified documents, <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >family business dealings<\/a>, and his health, citing her constitutional right against self-incrimination.Her lawyer emphasized that invoking the fifth Amendment is not evidence of wrongdoing.Tomasini has served in various key roles for Biden, including assistant and deputy chief of staff, and traveling chief of staff during his 2020 campaign. The committee subpoenaed her after her <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-aide-annie-tomasini-uses-fifth-amendment-in-autopen-investigation\/\" title=\"... aide Annie ... uses Fifth ... in ... ...\">lawyers unexpectedly requested<\/a> it. Similar videos were released of other witnesses who also pleaded the Fifth. The investigation is ongoing, with interviews scheduled for several other former Biden officials.Transcripts from these interviews are expected once the probe concludes.  <\/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 dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\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\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Video of Annie Tomasini pleading the Fifth released in Biden autopen investigation<\/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_2176884\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/house-oversight-committee\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">House Oversight Committee<\/a> released footage of former <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/BIDEN\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Biden<\/a> aide Annie Tomasini hours after she repeatedly <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/house\/3474158\/annie-tomasini-house-oversight-deposition-biden-autopen-investigation\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"invoked the Fifth Amendment\">invoked the Fifth Amendment<\/a> during her deposition Friday morning.<\/p>\n<p>Tomasini was appearing before the House Oversight Committee as a witness in its investigation into the Biden administration&rsquo;s use of the autopen, where she invoked her&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/constitution\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">constitutional<\/a>&nbsp;right against self<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/house-oversight-posts-anthony-bernals-biden-autopen-deposition-video\/\" title=\"House Oversight posts Anthony Bernal&#039;s ... ... ... video\">-incrimination multiple times<\/a>, according to an 18-minute video recording.<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/premium\/3468968\/snowbirds-in-reverse-paul-lepage-maine-mike-rogers-michigan\/\">Northern state comeback candidates downplay their time living in Florida<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/congressional\/3474079\/democrat-challenge-ada-cuellar-rep-monica-de-la-cruz\/\">Democrats target South Texas House seat with challenge to Rep. 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Reiner,<\/em> the U.S. Supreme Court explained that one of the Fifth Amendment&rsquo;s basic functions is to protect innocent men who otherwise might be ensnared by ambiguous circumstances.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Tomasini was an assistant and deputy chief of staff to the president during the Biden administration. Prior to Biden&rsquo;s presidency, Tomasini worked for him in the Senate and his vice presidential office, and was the traveling chief of staff for his 2020 campaign, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.legistorm.com\/person\/bio\/61377\/AnnMarie_Tomasini.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Legistorm<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/house\/3473531\/house-oversight-footage-anthony-bernal-biden-autopen-deposition\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\"><strong>HOUSE OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE POSTS FOOTAGE OF ANTHONY BERNAL PLEADING THE FIFTH DURING BIDEN AUTOPEN DEPOSITION<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>House Oversight Chairman James Comer (R-KY)&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/house\/3472061\/james-comer-subpoena-former-biden-aide-annie-tomasini\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">subpoenaed Tomasini<\/a>&nbsp;on Tuesday after her lawyers unexpectedly requested the subpoena for her to comply, as the committee already had a voluntary interview set for Friday.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\"> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"The Deposition of Annie Tomasini on the Biden Autopen Scandal\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/JcAjfCzx2CA?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>This was not the first video to be released from the investigation of a witness who invoked their Fifth Amendment right. Former Biden aide <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/house\/3472329\/biden-aide-anthony-bernal-deposition-house-oversight-committee-autopen\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Anthony Bernal<\/a> and physician <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/house\/3466250\/biden-physician-dr-kevin-oconnor-house-oversight-committee-deposition\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Kevin O&rsquo;Connor<\/a> invoked the Fifth Amendment when they appeared before the committee, and footage of both was released later in the afternoon following their interviews.<\/p>\n<p>Transcribed interviews are expected to be released by the committee once the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/investigations\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">investigation<\/a>&nbsp;concludes.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/house\/3474490\/comer-expands-biden-autopen-investigation-more-witness-interviews\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\"><strong>COMER EXPANDS BIDEN AUTOPEN INVESTIGATION WITH MORE WITNESS INTERVIEWS<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The committee&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/house\/3474490\/comer-expands-biden-autopen-investigation-more-witness-interviews\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">announced Thursday<\/a>&nbsp;that it had scheduled interviews with four more former Biden officials, including former <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ford-wants-its-cars-back-from-the-nra\/\" title=\"Ford Wants Its Cars Back From the NRA\u00a0\">special assistant<\/a> to the president and senior adviser in the White House Counsel&rsquo;s Office Ian Sams, former deputy assistant to Biden and senior deputy press secretary Andrew Bates, press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre, and chief of staff Jeff Zients.<\/p>\n<p>Sams is set to appear on Aug. 21, Bates on Sept. 5, Jean-Pierre on Sept. 12, and Zients on Sept. 18.<\/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_2176884\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"2176884\"}});<\/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>Video shows Annie 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