{"id":2470976,"date":"2025-08-05T10:24:10","date_gmt":"2025-08-05T14:24:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-aide-bruce-reed-testifies-in-house-oversights-autopen-inquiry\/"},"modified":"2025-08-05T10:25:34","modified_gmt":"2025-08-05T14:25:34","slug":"biden-aide-bruce-reed-testifies-in-house-oversights-autopen-inquiry","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-aide-bruce-reed-testifies-in-house-oversights-autopen-inquiry\/","title":{"rendered":"Biden aide Bruce Reed testifies in House Oversight&#8217;s autopen inquiry"},"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%2Fbiden-aide-bruce-reed-testifies-in-house-oversights-autopen-inquiry%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=2470976&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>Bruce Reed, President Joe BidenS former deputy chief of staff for policy, testified behind closed doors before the House Oversight Committee as part of an ongoing inquiry into Biden&#8217;s close aides and the use of an autopen for official signatures. Reed,who has served Biden throughout his political career including roles in the Clinton and Obama administrations,arrived at the hearing without speaking to reporters. This hearing marks the ninth interview related to the inquiry, following testimony from other former aides and Biden&#8217;s physician, some of whom invoked the Fifth Amendment. The investigation intensified following claims in the book *Original Sin* regarding Biden&#8217;s use of the autopen for pardons and executive orders. The committee plans to make the transcribed interviews public after the investigation concludes,and the questioning is expected to continue through September.  <\/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\">Ninth Biden official, Bruce Reed, testifies before House Oversight for 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_2191114\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>Bruce Reed, President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/BIDEN\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Joe Biden<\/a>&lsquo;s former deputy chief of staff for policy, will testify behind closed doors Thursday in the latest interview in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/house-oversight-committee\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">House Oversight Committee<\/a>&lsquo;s investigation into Biden&rsquo;s inner circle and his use of an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/autopen\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">autopen<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Reed, who served Biden for the entirety of his term, entered a House office building at 9:56 a.m. and did not take any questions from reporters. Before serving in the Biden administration, Reed worked in the Clinton and Obama administrations and Biden&rsquo;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/former-fbi-director-donated-100k-to-biden-grandchildrens-trust-while-he-was-soliciting-biden-for-work-report\/\" title=\"Former FBI Director Donated 0K To Biden Grandchildren\u2019s Trust While He Was Soliciting Biden For Work: Report\">vice presidential office<\/a>. He also worked as former Vice President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/AL-GORE\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Al Gore<\/a>&lsquo;s speechwriter when he was in the Senate.<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/house\/3484621\/house-oversight-clinton-subpoenas-epstein-involvement-doj-files\/\">House Oversight subpoenas the Clintons for depositions and the DOJ for the Epstein files<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/house\/3490918\/mtg-trump-commute-george-santos-prison-sentence\/\">MTG asks Trump to commute George Santos&rsquo;s seven<a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >-year prison sentence<\/a>: &lsquo;Grave injustice&rsquo;<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/house\/3490897\/mike-flood-booed-town-hall-snap-us-unlimited-money\/\">House Republican booed at town hall after saying SNAP cuts due to US not having &#8216;unlimited money&#8217;<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3425049\/autopen-history-and-controversy-presidential-use\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">THE LONG HISTORY AND CONTROVERSY OF PRESIDENTIAL AUTOPEN USE<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Happening now: Bruce Reed, fmr deputy chief of staff to President Biden, has arrived for his interview before the House Oversight Committee into the use of the autopen<\/p>\n<p>| <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/dcexaminer?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@dcexaminer<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/CEmZ65sL5A\">pic.twitter.com\/CEmZ65sL5A<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Rachel Schilke (@rachel_schilke) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/rachel_schilke\/status\/1952731036648919056?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 5, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Reed is the first witness to appear this week. Two former Biden aides and his physician pleaded the Fifth when they appeared for depositions in recent weeks after being subpoenaed. Five former aides, including Neera Tanden, Ashley Williams, Ron Klain, Steve Ricchetti, and Mike Donilon, have participated in the transcribed interviews, which have not yet been made public.<\/p>\n<p>The interviews are slated to be made public at the end of the investigation, according to House Oversight Chairman James Comer (R-KY). Footage of those who invoked their Fifth Amendment rights was released the evening after the interviews concluded.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Bruce Reed, former deputy chief of staff to President Joe Biden, arrives on Capitol Hill to interview before the House Oversight Committee, Tuesday, Aug. 5, 2025. (Graeme Jennings\/Washington Examiner)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3435968\/biden-autopen-use-dc-widespread\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">BIDEN AUTOPEN USE IN DC WAS MORE WIDESPREAD THAN PREVIOUSLY KNOWN<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The committee has continued to expand its investigation over the last few months<span style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;\">&nbsp;after the release of Jake Tapper and Alex Thompson&rsquo;s book,&nbsp;<em>Original Sin<\/em>. Comer has scrutinized Biden&rsquo;s use of an autopen for pardons and executive orders. The book contains claims that Klain spoke with other<\/span> staff members about whether Biden should run again, but the conversations did not go anywhere.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/house\/3485144\/steve-ricchetti-biden-politburo-house-oversight-autopen-interview\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"STEVE RICCHETTI, BIDEN 'POLITBURO' MEMBER, APPEARS BEFORE HOUSE OVERSIGHT AUTOPEN INTERVIEW\"><strong>STEVE RICCHETTI, BIDEN &lsquo;POLITBURO&rsquo; MEMBER, APPEARS FOR HOUSE OVERSIGHT AUTOPEN INTERVIEW<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>President Donald Trump waived <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/cnn-complains-about-fox-news-chyrons-regarding-biden-ignoring-networks-own-chyrons-during-trump\/\" title=\"CNN Complains About Fox News Chyrons Regarding Biden, Ignoring Network\u2019s Own Chyrons During Trump\">executive privilege<\/a> last month for all former aides in the investigation. Executive privilege allows the witness to withhold information from Congress to protect the integrity of the executive branch.<\/p>\n<p>Transcribed interviews are typically conducted over several hours by the majority and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-aide-ashley-williams-appears-for-house-oversight-questioning\/\" title=\"Biden aide Ashley Williams appears for ... questioning\">minority committee staff<\/a>. The currently scheduled interviews will take place through September.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <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_2191114\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"2191114\"}});<\/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>Bruce Reed testifies in House autopen probe<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2470977,"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\/2025\/08\/IMG_3808-1024x683.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[58060,3620,60663,33576,8676],"class_list":["post-2470976","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-autopen-inquiry","tag-biden","tag-bruce-reed","tag-house-oversight","tag-testimony"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/IMG_3808-1024x683.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2470976","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\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2470976"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2470976\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2470980,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2470976\/revisions\/2470980"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2470977"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2470976"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2470976"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2470976"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}