Ex-Biden spin doctor Ian Sams arrives for House autopen probe grilling
An 11th former Biden administration aide is appearing before House Oversight Committee investigators Thursday morning as Republicans continue to investigate allegations of a "cover-up" in the previous White House.Ian Sams is a longtime Democrat communications operative who most recently served as a senior spokesman for former Vice President Kamala Harris' 2024 campaign. He arrived just before 9 a.m. ET on Thursday.
He notably also served as a senior advisor and spokesman for the White House Counsel's Office under former President Joe Biden, where his primary role entailed responding to congressional probes mainly launched by Republicans.
Sams did not speak to reporters on his way into his closed-door transcribed interview, despite his years of experience as a public face for both Biden and Harris.
Ian Sams, a former spokesman for both Biden and Harris, is appearing before the House Oversight Committee. He's pictured here on Feb. 1, 2023. (Getty Images)
"He had a lot to say while he was working for the White House, so I'm sure he'll have a lot to say today. He was very vocal and very active on Twitter," House Oversight Committee Chair James Comer, R-Ky., told reporters ahead of the interview.
"So, we're going to ask him, you know, a lot of questions about what he would say publicly from behind the podium at the White House and what he would tweet about – and see if he still stands by a lot of those claims he made."
Comer wrote to Sams in late June, "You were a first line of defense to spin negative stories about the president and his mishaps."
He pointed out that Sams' tenure in that role, which lasted from May 2022 to late August 2024, stretched across much of the latter half of Biden's term....
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Sam's was constantly in the media telling us Biden was mentally sharp. Today he told the House Committee that he has only interacted with Biden TWICE and he has never even traveled on Air Force One. Who was really running our country?
