Schmitt Leads First Full Committee Hearing on Cover-Up of Biden’s Mental Decline

Democrats Participate in De Facto Boycott, Continue to Ignore Biden’s Shadow Presidency

WASHINGTON –U.S. Senator Eric Schmitt (R-MO) today in the Senate Judiciary Committee co-chaired the first full committee hearing on the cover-up of President Joe Biden’s mental decline and the threat it posed to our nation.

Watch Senator Schmitt’s opening remarks HERE.

“President Biden’s decline did not suddenly begin in June of 2024. It was a persistent and obvious truth that was evident for years to anyone willing to see it. This reality did not require special insider knowledge or investigative reporting to uncover…The truth was glaringly obvious: Anyone who was paying attention could tell that the Emperor had no clothes… For four years, we had a president who could barely string together coherent sentences after 6 p.m., yet this glaring fact went unreported, undiscussed, and unaddressed.”

Schmitt on the Democrats’ De Facto Boycott of the Hearing:

“Today, as we seek to uncover the truth, it is deeply disappointing—but not surprising—that the Democrats on this committee have chosen to all but boycott this hearing and have failed to call a single witness. Their absence speaks volumes—an implicit admission that the truth is too inconvenient to face. By refusing to engage in this critical examination, they abdicate their responsibility to the American people. This de facto boycott is not just a refusal to participate; it is a refusal to serve the American people who deserve answers about who was truly leading their government.”

In the absence of minority witnesses, Senator Schmitt shared a video showcasing prominent members of the Biden Administration and elected officials denying President Biden’s mental decline.

Watch the video HERE.

When asked by Schmitt who was running the country when President Biden was mentally incapacitated, Director of the Administrative State Project Theo Wold responded:

“That’s a great question…there is a real consideration here on authentication. And in my time in the first Trump White House, there was an exhaustive process to determine how paper flowed into the Oval and when the President had given his assent to a certain action that was through, in fact, two different policy channels. The staff secretary and then there was also…essentially policy management guiding the flow of documentation. If the Biden Administration staffers and personnel wanted to put this to bed, they could very easily dispel all of this by saying, ‘here are the documents that show the President assented to these actions.’ The Trump Administration would have that, previous Administrations would have that. And if that’s not there, then there is cause to improve the way that executive branch employees authenticate actions undertaken by the President.”

Watch the full exchange HERE.

Former White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer testified on the media’s cover-up of Biden’s mental decline. Watch the exchange HERE.

Schmitt also questioned Professor John Harrison on the potential legal recourse to challenge the validity of decisions or pardons signed without the President’s direction. Watch the exchange HERE.

Schmitt wrapped up the hearing asking each witness what we can do to ensure this never happens with another president again.

Watch HERE.

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