Anthony Bernal abruptly cancels House Oversight testimony for Biden autopen investigation

Published June 25, 2025 3:36pm ET



Anthony Bernal, former assistant to the president and senior adviser to former first lady Jill Biden, canceled his plans to appear before the House Oversight Committee on Thursday for a transcribed interview relating to former President Joe Biden‘s use of the autopen.

Bernal was slated to be the second of nine closed-door interviews conducted by the Oversight majority and minority counsel for the investigation to look into “who was calling the shots” during Biden’s final two years in office and why the president’s signature was increasingly replaced by the use of an autopen to sign certain executive orders.

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