Comer requested the interviews earlier this month, where he asked Jean-Pierre, former White House counsel office spokesperson Ian Sams, senior deputy press secretary Andrew Bates, and chief of staff Jeff Zients to sit for interviews.

Former first lady Jill Biden’s top aide Anthony Bernal refused to answer questions in the Republican probe into former President Joe Biden’s health. He is the second top Biden official to take the Fifth Amendment protecting him from self-incrimination after former White House physician Kevin O’Connor also took the Fifth when he appeared to testify under a subpoena last week.