What do you call it if the spouse of an elected official takes control of their office, installs their own people in power, and then runs the country by proxy?
CNN's Jake Tapper, who is making money in a new book where he claims to be super surprised that Joe Biden wasn't fit for office, wrote about Anthony Bernal.
From Fox News:
By proxy, the first lady's top aide, Anthony Bernal, became one of the most influential people in the White House, Tapper and Thompson said in their new book about Biden's cognitive decline and the administration's alleged cover-up.
'He would not be welcome at my funeral,' a longtime Biden aide told the authors.
Operating in a White House anchored in loyalty, Bernal wielded loyalty as a weapon to weed out the defectors, Tapper and Thompson said.
Last year, at a White House press conference where former Press Secretary Karine Jean Pierre deflected a question about Jill Biden's "work husband" and a sexual harassment complaint:
House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer also listed Bernal as a top person of interest in the House investigation into how aides may have used the autopen to sign executive orders and pardons.
Are we one step closer to learning which puppetmaster(s) ran the most powerful nation in history for the last 4 years?
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