WASHINGTON — Former President Joe Biden’s deputy director of Oval Office operations became the third former staffer to testify Friday in front of the House Oversight Committee as they investigate the 46th commander-in-chief’s cognitive decline and possible abuses of the presidential autopen.
Special assistant Ashley Williams — who declined to answer reporter questions — was the third Biden ally to appear in front of the committee, giving nearly six hours of closed-door testimony about her time serving as a close aide to the ex-president.
“She’s cooperating, otherwise we would’ve been done,” said Rep. Jasmine Crockett (D-Texas), a staunch Biden defender who said she “absolutely” wasn’t questioning the 82-year-old’s cognitive acuity and was the only lawmaker who appeared for Williams’ testimony.
The Republican-led probe intends to uncover who had the authority in the Biden White House to authorize executive orders and pardons with the president’s signature via an autopen, a mechanical