WASHINGTON – U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.), chairman of the Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations (“the Subcommittee”), sent letters to 28 former Biden Cabinet members regarding their knowledge of President Biden’s cognitive and health decline during his time in office and while running for reelection. Chairman Johnson requested that these former public officials appear voluntarily before the Subcommittee for interviews by June 6, 2025.

A recent book detailing the former president’s cognitive and health decline while in office revealed that members of President Biden’s inner circle were alarmed by the state of his health. One Cabinet secretary was reportedly left “upset and disturbed” after meeting with President Biden due to his “mumbly and incoherent” speech. As the chairman’s letter noted, the reported behind-the-scenes concerns stand in stark contrast to Cabinet officials’ public statements portraying the former president as healthy and mentally sharp.    

“The discrepancy between what Cabinet officials were telling the public about the former president’s health and what they were apparently witnessing and saying privately is astonishing, particularly considering that the former president was seeking reelection. After years of being lied to and kept in the dark, the public deserves full and complete transparency about what was known and when concerning President Biden’s health,” Chairman Johnson wrote. 

The letters went out to the following former Biden Cabinet-level members:

1. Lloyd Austin, former Secretary of Defense;
2. Xavier Becerra, former Secretary of Health and Human Services;
3. Jared Bernstein, former Chair of the Council of Economic Advisers;
4. Antony Blinken, former Secretary of State;
5. William J. Burns, former Director of the Central Intelligence Agency;
6. Pete Buttigieg, former Secretary of Transportation;
7. Miguel Cardona, former Secretary of Education;
8. Marcia Fudge, former Secretary of Housing and Urban Development;
9. Merrick Garland, former Attorney General;
10. Jennifer Granholm, former Secretary of Energy;
11. Isabel Guzman, former Administrator of the Small Business Administration;
12. Deb Haaland, former Secretary of the Interior;
13. Avril Haines, former Director of National Intelligence;
14. Kamala Harris, former Vice President;
15. Ronald Klain, former White House Chief of Staff;
16. Alejandro Mayorkas, former Secretary of Homeland Security;
17. Denis McDonough, former Secretary of Veterans Affairs;
18. Arati Prabhakar, former Director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy;
19. Gina Raimondo, former Secretary of Commerce;
20. Michael Regan, former Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency;
21. Julie Su, former Acting Secretary of Labor;
22. Katherine Tai, former United States Trade Representative;
23. Linda Thomas-Greenfield, former U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations;
24. Adrianne Todman, former Acting Secretary of Housing and Urban Development;
25. Tom Vilsack, former Secretary of Agriculture;
26. Janet Yellen, former Secretary of the Treasury;
27. Shalanda Young, former Director of the Office of Management and Budget; and
28. Jeff Zients, former White House Chief of Staff.

The letters from Chairman Johnson can be found here.

Read more about the chairman’s letters here: Axios, Fox News, and Washington Examiner. 

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