{"id":13449,"date":"2025-09-21T20:16:13","date_gmt":"2025-09-21T20:16:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/negatius.biz\/?p=13449"},"modified":"2025-09-21T20:16:13","modified_gmt":"2025-09-21T20:16:13","slug":"top-biden-aide-dishes-on-pardongate-hunter-and-joes-health","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/negatius.biz\/?p=13449","title":{"rendered":"Top Biden Aide Dishes On \u2018Pardongate,\u2019 Hunter, and Joe\u2019s Health"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-start=\"64\" data-end=\"418\">A top aide to former President Joe Biden, Jeff Zients, told the House Oversight Committee that some of the most controversial \u201cautopen\u201d pardons were approved by another staffer using Biden\u2019s email credentials. Zients also revealed that Hunter Biden, the president\u2019s son and a pardon recipient himself, took part in discussions about presidential pardons.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"420\" data-end=\"878\">According to Axios, Zients described Biden\u2019s mental state as declining during the final years of his presidency, noting that the president often struggled to remember dates and names and required multiple briefings before making decisions. Jill Biden reportedly advised Zients to adjust Joe Biden\u2019s schedule to allow for more rest, and Deputy Chief of Staff Annie Tomasini recommended reducing Biden\u2019s workload, including limiting travel and avoiding stairs.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"880\" data-end=\"1255\">Zients admitted Biden\u2019s speech difficulties worsened with age and that his memory issues became more pronounced during the administration. Hunter Biden was reportedly present during White House meetings concerning pardons, including the blanket pardons issued to several family members in Biden\u2019s final hours in office. Hunter himself received a full pardon in December 2024.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1257\" data-end=\"1475\">On January 17, 2025, Biden approved nearly 2,500 commutations\u2014an all-time single-day record. Zients said he did not personally authorize autopen use but had a staffer with email access send the approvals on his behalf.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1477\" data-end=\"1750\" data-is-last-node=\"\" data-is-only-node=\"\">This testimony is part of a House Oversight investigation led by Chairman James Comer into the legality and secrecy surrounding Biden\u2019s use of the autopen and his mental fitness. Former White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre recently testified as part of the probe.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A top aide to former President Joe Biden, Jeff Zients, told the House Oversight Committee that some of the most controversial \u201cautopen\u201d pardons were approved by another&#8230; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":13450,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13449","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Top Biden Aide Dishes On \u2018Pardongate,\u2019 Hunter, and Joe\u2019s Health - magazine24<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/negatius.biz\/?p=13449\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Top Biden Aide Dishes On \u2018Pardongate,\u2019 Hunter, and Joe\u2019s Health - magazine24\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"A top aide to former President Joe Biden, Jeff Zients, told the House Oversight Committee that some of the most controversial \u201cautopen\u201d pardons were approved by another...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/negatius.biz\/?p=13449\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"magazine24\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-09-21T20:16:13+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/negatius.biz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/GettyImages-2187280340-1-1536x864-1.webp\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1536\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"864\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/webp\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Sk.Admin\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Sk.Admin\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/negatius.biz\/?p=13449\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/negatius.biz\/?p=13449\",\"name\":\"Top Biden Aide Dishes On \u2018Pardongate,\u2019 Hunter, and Joe\u2019s Health - magazine24\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"http:\/\/negatius.biz\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/negatius.biz\/?p=13449#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/negatius.biz\/?p=13449#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/negatius.biz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/GettyImages-2187280340-1-1536x864-1.webp\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-09-21T20:16:13+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"http:\/\/negatius.biz\/#\/schema\/person\/ce7debb966dda59a6da4ebe878923a74\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/negatius.biz\/?p=13449#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/negatius.biz\/?p=13449\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/negatius.biz\/?p=13449#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/negatius.biz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/GettyImages-2187280340-1-1536x864-1.webp\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/negatius.biz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/GettyImages-2187280340-1-1536x864-1.webp\",\"width\":1536,\"height\":864},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/negatius.biz\/?p=13449#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"http:\/\/negatius.biz\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Top Biden Aide Dishes On \u2018Pardongate,\u2019 Hunter, and Joe\u2019s Health\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"http:\/\/negatius.biz\/#website\",\"url\":\"http:\/\/negatius.biz\/\",\"name\":\"magazine24\",\"description\":\"\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"http:\/\/negatius.biz\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"http:\/\/negatius.biz\/#\/schema\/person\/ce7debb966dda59a6da4ebe878923a74\",\"name\":\"Sk.Admin\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"http:\/\/negatius.biz\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/de3e79686b16c005ec69d61203c42cbc56db9e6a47269911d3b26b6f2d704973?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/de3e79686b16c005ec69d61203c42cbc56db9e6a47269911d3b26b6f2d704973?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Sk.Admin\"},\"url\":\"https:\/\/negatius.biz\/?author=2\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Top Biden Aide Dishes On \u2018Pardongate,\u2019 Hunter, and Joe\u2019s Health - magazine24","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/negatius.biz\/?p=13449","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Top Biden Aide Dishes On \u2018Pardongate,\u2019 Hunter, and Joe\u2019s Health - magazine24","og_description":"A top aide to former President Joe Biden, Jeff Zients, told the House Oversight Committee that some of the most controversial \u201cautopen\u201d pardons were approved by another...","og_url":"https:\/\/negatius.biz\/?p=13449","og_site_name":"magazine24","article_published_time":"2025-09-21T20:16:13+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1536,"height":864,"url":"https:\/\/negatius.biz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/GettyImages-2187280340-1-1536x864-1.webp","type":"image\/webp"}],"author":"Sk.Admin","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Sk.Admin","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/negatius.biz\/?p=13449","url":"https:\/\/negatius.biz\/?p=13449","name":"Top Biden Aide Dishes On \u2018Pardongate,\u2019 Hunter, and Joe\u2019s Health - magazine24","isPartOf":{"@id":"http:\/\/negatius.biz\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/negatius.biz\/?p=13449#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/negatius.biz\/?p=13449#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/negatius.biz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/GettyImages-2187280340-1-1536x864-1.webp","datePublished":"2025-09-21T20:16:13+00:00","author":{"@id":"http:\/\/negatius.biz\/#\/schema\/person\/ce7debb966dda59a6da4ebe878923a74"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/negatius.biz\/?p=13449#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/negatius.biz\/?p=13449"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/negatius.biz\/?p=13449#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/negatius.biz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/GettyImages-2187280340-1-1536x864-1.webp","contentUrl":"https:\/\/negatius.biz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/GettyImages-2187280340-1-1536x864-1.webp","width":1536,"height":864},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/negatius.biz\/?p=13449#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"http:\/\/negatius.biz\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Top Biden Aide Dishes On \u2018Pardongate,\u2019 Hunter, and Joe\u2019s Health"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"http:\/\/negatius.biz\/#website","url":"http:\/\/negatius.biz\/","name":"magazine24","description":"","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"http:\/\/negatius.biz\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"http:\/\/negatius.biz\/#\/schema\/person\/ce7debb966dda59a6da4ebe878923a74","name":"Sk.Admin","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"http:\/\/negatius.biz\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/de3e79686b16c005ec69d61203c42cbc56db9e6a47269911d3b26b6f2d704973?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/de3e79686b16c005ec69d61203c42cbc56db9e6a47269911d3b26b6f2d704973?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Sk.Admin"},"url":"https:\/\/negatius.biz\/?author=2"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/negatius.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13449","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/negatius.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/negatius.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/negatius.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/negatius.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=13449"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/negatius.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13449\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13451,"href":"https:\/\/negatius.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13449\/revisions\/13451"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/negatius.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/13450"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/negatius.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=13449"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/negatius.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=13449"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/negatius.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=13449"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}