Former Biden Aide Explains How Staffers Made Decisions
In a year already marked by jaw-dropping political twists, America may have narrowly escaped a constitutional crisis of unprecedented scale. July 2024 saw two pivotal moments that changed the trajectory of the republic: Donald Trump surviving a near-fatal sniper attack by inches, and Joe Biden quietly stepping down from his reelection campaign, sparing the nation a second term marred by dysfunction, deception, and a dangerously choreographed illusion of leadership.
The most explosive revelations, however, didn’t come from the campaign trail—they came from inside the Biden White House. Thanks to the dogged reporting of Alex Thompson, co-author of Original Sin, Americans are now seeing what some had long suspected: Biden’s presidency was not just mismanaged—it was systematically commandeered by unelected insiders who acted without accountability, and arguably, without constitutional legitimacy.
Appearing on FOX News Sunday, Thompson shared a direct quote from a longtime Biden aide who admitted what many critics have said all along: Biden wasn’t expected to govern in a second term—just win, then vanish. “He just had to win, and then he could disappear for four years,” the aide revealed. “He’d only have to show proof of life every once in a while. His aides could pick up the slack.”
'Even worse than Watergate'
Jake Tapper admits to Piers Morgan the Joe Biden health scandal might actually be worse than the Nixon one.
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— Piers Morgan Uncensored (@PiersUncensored) May 26, 2025
Let that sink in: the plan was to prop up a compromised president with sporadic public appearances, while nameless, unelected staffers ran the executive branch behind closed doors.
Thompson’s reporting pulls back the curtain on a White House where staffers rationalized their behavior with an almost messianic zeal. According to Thompson, “If you believe… that Donald Trump was and is an existential threat to democracy, you can rationalize anything, including sometimes doing undemocratic things.”
This isn’t political strategy. It’s ideology replacing the rule of law. It’s unelected operatives doing “what needs to be done,” not because it’s right, but because they believed they were saving the country—from the voters’ own choices.
And it raises the most chilling question of all: if Biden had won a second term, would America have been governed by a ghost president and a shadow cabinet of handlers operating in secret?
CNN’s Jake Tapper, who spent years downplaying concerns about Biden’s condition, finally cracked under the weight of the facts this week. Speaking to Piers Morgan, Tapper admitted that the story now unfolding “might be worse than Watergate.”
That’s a stunning confession from someone once seen as a firewall for the Biden administration. Watergate brought down a presidency over wiretaps and obstruction of justice. This scandal involves an entire administration potentially built on a lie—that the elected commander-in-chief was actually in command.
Conservative outlets like RedState were raising alarms for years, pointing to Biden’s visible cognitive decline, scripted appearances, and restricted press access. Critics were mocked, silenced, or accused of misinformation. Now, even the legacy media can no longer hide the truth.
It wasn’t a theory. It was a plan.
A plan to win the White House on the strength of a familiar name, then lock the doors behind him and run the country by committee—without consent, without votes, and without shame.