Ed Siskel, the White House counsel to former President Joe Biden, last year warned that Hunter Biden’s participation in his father’s pivotal conference call was “inappropriate,” according to a new book detailing the inner workings of the Biden circle.

2024: How Trump Retook the White House and the Democrats Lost America, by journalists Josh Dawsey, Tyler Pager, and Isaac Arnsdorf, was released Tuesday, becoming the latest book to accuse Biden’s team of covering up his dementia-like symptoms during his time in office as allies worked to help him win a second term.