“I saw Biden EVERY DAY—he’s SHARP AS A TACK!” Ian Sams’ TV rants that fooled millions… until he CRUMBLED under oath: “Only TWICE in TWO YEARS.”
🤯 The Biden mouthpiece who swore the prez was a daily dynamo? Admits in Congress he barely glimpsed him—two chats, one Zoom, one call. Who was REALLY running the show? Handlers scripting the lies while America got gaslit?
This bombshell testimony exposes the DEEP STATE PUPPETRY. Was Sams just a cog… or the ultimate spin doctor?
Click to uncover the full cover-up footage—before it’s memory-holed.
In a revelation that’s fueled fresh scrutiny of the Biden White House’s inner workings, former presidential spokesman Ian Sams testified under oath that he met with President Joe Biden in person just twice over more than two years in the administration, despite repeatedly going on national television to defend the then-commander-in-chief’s mental sharpness. The admission, detailed in a closed-door interview with the House Oversight Committee in August, emerged publicly this week through committee releases and viral clips, prompting accusations of deception from Republicans and questions about who truly steered the ship during Biden’s final term.
Sams, 40, served as a special assistant to the president and senior advisor in the White House Counsel’s Office from May 2022 until August 2024, when he transitioned to Vice President Kamala Harris’s presidential campaign. During that stretch—marked by escalating GOP-led probes into Biden’s handling of classified documents, family business dealings, and cognitive health—Sams became the administration’s go-to voice, firing off daily statements and appearing on cable news to bat down criticisms. In a July 2, 2024, MSNBC interview, he declared: “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.”
But Sams’ congressional testimony painted a starkly different picture. Under questioning from Oversight Chairman James Comer, R-Ky., and his team, the ex-spokesman acknowledged just two face-to-face encounters with Biden, plus one virtual meeting and a single phone call over his 26-month tenure. The session, which stretched over three hours on August 21, 2025, focused on the committee’s ongoing investigation into what Republicans call a “coverup” of Biden’s cognitive decline—a probe that has now interviewed eight former aides and produced thousands of pages of transcripts. Comer, emerging from the hearing, didn’t mince words: “Ian Sams frequently spoke publicly and with apparent authority about President Biden’s mental fitness… However, Mr. Sams admitted he had very limited interaction with the President.”
The disconnect has ignited a firestorm. A viral montage, shared by the Oversight Committee’s X account on October 29 and viewed nearly 700,000 times, juxtaposes Sams’ on-air effusions with his sworn statements, captioned: “He was LYING to the American people to cover up for Biden’s decline.” Conservative commentators pounced. Fox News host Sean Hannity replayed the clip on his primetime show, quipping: “Even Robert Hur spent more time with Biden than this guy—five hours for an interview, versus Sams’ two coffee chats.” Hur, the special counsel whose February 2024 report described Biden as a “sympathetic, well-meaning, elderly man with a poor memory,” interviewed the president for about that duration—far eclipsing Sams’ cumulative exposure. On X, users like @Bubblebathgirl amassed over 4,600 likes on a post declaring: “Two massive lies,” while @EricJBott called it “stunning” evidence of systemic deception.
Democrats, however, dismissed the uproar as partisan theater. In a statement to Politico, Sams’ former colleague, ex-White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre, defended the team’s collective observations: “Ian, like many of us, relied on daily briefings and reports from those closest to the president. His role was communications, not daily access—and he spoke truthfully based on that.” Harris campaign spokesperson Mia Ehrenberg echoed the line, telling CNN: “This is Comer dredging up old grudges to score points. The American people saw a capable president deliver results—Biden signed historic legislation, navigated global crises.” Yet the timing—mere weeks before the 2026 midterms—has amplified the sting, with GOP ads in swing districts splicing Sams’ MSNBC clip into attack montages labeling the prior administration “a shadow presidency.”
Sams’ path to the White House was a classic Democratic ascent. A California native and Yale Law grad, he cut his teeth as a spokesman for Gov. Gavin Newsom during the 2018 recall fight, then jumped to Biden’s Department of Health and Human Services in 2021, where he handled pandemic messaging. By mid-2022, amid intensifying GOP scrutiny—Hunter Biden’s laptop scandals, the Afghanistan withdrawal, inflation spikes—he was elevated to the Counsel’s Office, tasked with countering congressional inquiries. Sams thrived in the role, logging over 200 media hits in 2023 alone, per Cision data, often framing Republican probes as “baseless witch hunts.” His July 2024 MSNBC appearance, days after Biden’s faltering debate with Donald Trump, drew 1.2 million viewers, with Sams insisting: “He’s the same fighter we’ve seen every day.”
But the testimony transcript, partially released Friday, reveals a more insulated reality. Sams described receiving “direction from the Counsel and inner circle” rather than direct Oval Office input, admitting his public claims stemmed from secondhand accounts. Comer seized on this, telling reporters: “Sams received much of his direction from the White House Counsel and Biden’s inner circle… This raises serious questions about who is truly calling the shots.” The chairman contrasted it with earlier interviews: Jill Biden’s chief of staff, Anthony Bernal, claimed near-daily access; longtime aide Ron Klain described “constant” Oval interactions. Sams’ sparsity, Comer argued, underscores a “deliberate firewall” around the president.
The probe’s scope has ballooned since Biden’s January 2025 handover to Trump. Launched in 2023 over classified docs at Biden’s Delaware home, it now encompasses 25 interviews, subpoenas for Secret Service logs, and forensic reviews of Biden’s calendars—redacted versions show 40% “executive time” blocks, often unspecified. Critics like Rep. Jamie Raskin, D-Md., the ranking Democrat on Oversight, call it a “revenge tour,” pointing to Trump’s own 2024 indictment delays as hypocrisy. “Comer’s fishing expedition wasted millions while real threats like January 6th went underfunded,” Raskin said in a floor speech Tuesday. Yet public polls reflect GOP gains: A Rasmussen survey last week found 62% of independents believe Biden’s team “hid his decline,” up 8 points from July.
Sams’ post-White House life hasn’t slowed his advocacy. Now a Harris campaign surrogate, he headlined a Philadelphia rally October 15, blasting Trump’s “chaos” while touting Biden’s legacy on infrastructure and climate. In a Wednesday X post, he pushed back: “Grateful for the chance to serve—POTUS was engaged, effective, and the hardest worker I knew. Grills from Congress change nothing.” But the optics sting: A YouTube clip of his MSNBC defense, retitled “Ian Sams Lies About Biden Access,” has topped 2 million views, with comments sections ablaze: “Puppet on a string,” one user wrote, echoing Comer’s “script” theory.
Broader implications ripple through D.C.’s revolving door. Sams’ limited access mirrors patterns in other testimonies: Ex-chief of staff Jeff Zients admitted “structured” Oval visits; press aides described “layered” briefings via Jill Biden’s team. Legal experts like Jonathan Turley, a Fox News contributor, argue it bolsters claims of “abdication of duty” under the 25th Amendment, though no formal invocation occurred. “If spokesmen can’t vouch firsthand, who could?” Turley pondered in a Tuesday op-ed. Defenders counter with Biden’s output: 1,200 executive orders, Ukraine aid packages, the CHIPS Act—milestones Sams touted without direct sourcing.
On X, the story trended under #BidenCoverup, with 50,000 posts since Monday, blending memes of Sams as a “mouthpiece marionette” and serious calls for perjury probes. @jkellybrown urged the DOJ: “The lying hack… are you listening?” while @ComradeArthur linked it to “key advisor” deceptions. Progressive voices, like @superb_10, noted the irony: “Ian was just reading from a script written by Biden’s handlers.”
As the committee mulls subpoenas for unredacted calendars—expected by December—Sams’ words linger like a postscript to a turbulent era. “He answered our questions,” Comer conceded post-hearing, but the subtext screamed volumes: In a White House of whispers and wires, was the president a participant… or a prop? For Sams, once a rising star, the testimony marks a pivot from defender to defendant in the court of public memory. With midterms looming, the question isn’t just access—it’s accountability.
