An aide in the Biden White House testified behind closed doors Friday as House Republicans continue their investigation into the alleged cover-up of former President Joe Biden’s cognitive decline and the use of the presidential autopen for pardons and other executive actions.

Ashley Williams, a deputy assistant, senior adviser, and director of strategic outreach in the Biden White House, testified for more than six hours in front of the House Committee on Oversight and Government reform, the Washington Examiner reported. She did not take questions from the media.

Williams was the second Biden official to be deposed by the committee this week after Biden’s personal physician, Kevin O’Connor, testified Wednesday. O’Connor, who was subpoenaed to testify, pleaded the Fifth Amendment against self-incrimination as well as citing doctor-patient confidentiality in refusing to answer the committee’s questions.

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