WATCH: Ex-Biden spin doctor makes stunning admission after touting his sharpness for years
A former spokesperson for then-President Joe Biden admitted to Congress in August testimony, which surfaced on social media Wednesday, that he only met with the aging president between one and...
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A former spokesperson for then-President Joe Biden admitted to Congress in August testimony, which surfaced on social media Wednesday, that he only met with the aging president between one and five times in over two years despite previously claiming he was "sharp" "every single day." In a July 2, 2024, interview on MSNBC, then-Biden spokesperson Ian Sams said of the former president that "When I deal with him, he is sharp, he is asking tough questions, that’s the President Biden that so many of us experience every single day." Pressed by the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform on how many times he met with Biden, Sams admitted that he "interacted with him pretty infrequently" and "met with the president a handful of times during my tenure in the White House." He further admitted that some of these interactions were online or over the phone. During his testimony he recalled two in-person meetings with Biden. EX-BIDEN SPIN DOCTOR IAN SAMS, SLAMMED BY TRUMP AS 'BELOW AVERAGE,' GRILLED IN HOUSE AUTOPEN PROBE Sams worked in the White House from 2022 to 2024, serving in the roles of special assistant to the president, spokesperson and senior advisor in the White House Counsel’s Office. Sams was pressed on whether the basis of his statements on Biden’s mental fitness was from his "handful" of interactions with the former president. "You said that you met him personally maybe a handful of times. Are those the interactions that you were discussing when you say, ‘I deal with him’?" a committee staff member asked to which Sams responded, "Yes." "Do you think that's a bit misleading?" Sams was asked. He answered, "I think it was pretty direct and honest and said that when I do deal with him, he's, you know, sharp and he was asking incisive questions during my meetings with him." "But you dealt with him five times in 24 months. That's not exactly a large scope of knowledge on how he interacts with staff," the committee staffer pressed, adding, "Do you think that…