A DNC leader and a former Biden White House staffer were caught on undercover video claiming that Jill Biden’s Chief of Staff Anthony Bernal was a “scary” and “shadowy” figure who wielded “an enormous amount of power” in the Biden White House.
The footage, released Wednesday by Project Veritas, features covert meetings with Democrat National Committee (DNC) Vice Chair David Hogg and Deterrian Jones, who worked in the Biden White House Office of Digital Strategy.
Project Veritas’ undercover investigation purports to establish that Bernal and a tight-knit inner circle were the ones who “truly controlled the Biden White House.”
The explosive report come one day after House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) demanded that several former high-ranking staffers in Joe Biden’s White House, including Bernal, appear for transcribed interviews on their suspected roles working “behind the scenes” to shield Biden from media scrutiny, cover up his mental decline, and basically do his job for him.
Hogg told the PV undercover journalist on hidden camera that the DNC could be excused for covering up Biden’s mental decline as “the DNC is always going to be a campaign arm of the president ultimately.”
But “the bigger issue was the inner circle that was around Biden,” he said, adding “Jill Biden’s Chief of Staff [Anthony Bernal] had an enormous amount of power.”
Deterrian Jones described Bernal as a “shadowy, wizard of oz-type figure” who “wielded an enormous amount of power” behind the curtain. Jones told Project Veritas that he tried to avoid Bernal, calling him “scary” and claiming that his massive influence in the Biden White House was an “open secret” among staff.
“I can’t stress to you how much power he had at the White House,” Jones said.
Bernal allegedly has a reputation in Washington DC as a bully and sexual harasser that goes back more than a decade.
In a March 2024 report, the New York Post detailed his alleged sordid behavior after speaking with over a dozen of Bernal’s current and former colleagues who asked for anonymity due to fears of retaliation. Five of the sources described instances of bullying that was so demeaning colleagues were reduced to tears. They told the Post that Bernal was “untouchable” because of his close relationship with Jill Biden, who considered him to be her “work husband.”
When questioned about the allegations during a press briefing in April 2024, White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre dismissed the allegations, telling reporters that Joe Biden’s Chief of Staff Jeff Zients and Bernal himself had called the story “unfounded.”
According to the Post, however, three sources claimed that Bernal, who is gay, habitually obsessed about the the penis size of his colleagues.
Two sources said Bernal, 51, had a habit of sharing with them his theory that the size of a person’s thumb corresponds to that of their genitalia going back to Biden’s vice presidency under President Barack Obama.
“It is to make people uncomfortable and to have power over them,” said a source who claimed to have heard Bernal make similar crude remarks over the several years they worked together.
A former colleague told the Post that Bernal made “a lot of inappropriate remarks” that he had come to see as “actually sexual harassment,” such as “talking about other people’s attractiveness and speculating about their sex lives at very weird moments.”
Bernal was also accused of routinely speculating on the sexual preferences of White House colleagues. This alleged behavior also apparently made people uncomfortable.
Rep. Comer on Tuesday sent interview requests to Bernal, former director of the Domestic Policy Council Neera Tanden, former assistant to the President and Deputy Chief of Staff Annie Tomasini, and former deputy director of Oval Office operations Ashley Williams, Fox News reported Tuesday.
According to Comer, all of these high-ranking staffers worked “behind the scenes” and “ran interference for President Biden” to keep the extent of his cognitive difficulties secret during his time in office.
The chairman also requested a transcribed interview with Biden’s physician, Dr. Kevin O’Connor, according to Fox.
Comer said that these “unelected bureaucrats” had enormous influence over Biden and possibly served as “de facto” presidents in his stead.
“Today, we are calling on President Biden’s physician and former White House advisors to participate in transcribed interviews so we can begin to uncover the truth,” Comer said in a statement.
The Oversight Committee attempted to subpoena Bernal, Tomasini and Williams last July, but according to Comer, “the Biden White House blocked these individuals from providing testimony.”
Now, he says “any continued obstruction will be met with swift and decisive action,” meaning if the staffers and physician do not honor his request, Comer said the “next step” will be issuing subpoenas, compelling them to testify.
Project Veritas promised that the embattled Hogg would reveal “additional inside knowledge about corruption, threats, and hidden DC secrets” in part two of its series on who controlled the Biden White House.
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