Leavitt: Biden Cover-Up Was 'One of the Greatest Cover Ups and Scandals That Ever Took Place in American History' (April 28, 2025)

White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt said the media owes Americans an admission about Joe Biden. “I think it’s about time the legacy media finally admits that was one of the greatest cover ups and scandals that ever took place in American history,” Leavitt said at the White House on April 28, 2025, according to The Daily Wire [1].

“Millions of Americans watched our mentally incompetent president struggle with his day-to-day duties of this office,” she said [1].

The video above shows Leavitt at the White House briefing on April 28, 2025. Quotes are from The Daily Wire, Fox News and the American Presidency Project [1][2][3].

”Missed a Lot of This Story”

The question came from Daily Wire reporter Mary Margaret Olohan. She read Leavitt the words of Axios reporter Alex Thompson, who had just won an award at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner for his reporting on Biden’s decline [1].

“President Biden’s decline and its cover-up by the people around him is a reminder that every White House, regardless of the party, is capable of deception. We, myself included, missed a lot of this story, and some people trust us less because of it,” Thompson had said [1].

“I do agree with that assessment from Alex Thompson, who I understand won an award for writing a story months and perhaps years after the American people already knew that story to be true,” Leavitt replied [1].

”Nobody in the Media Wanted to Write About That”

Leavitt said Americans watched the country decline, and “nobody in the media wanted to write about that.” [1]

“There were many, many reporters, I will say, right-leaning reporters who did talk about that, who didn’t get awards, didn’t get coverage,” she said [1].

“In fact, they were lambasted for their coverage and I remember being on President Trump’s campaign talking about Joe Biden’s clear mental incompetence and being accused by people in this room of manufacturing deepfake videos,” Leavitt said [1].

She said the cover-up “did contribute to the decline in the trust that Americans have for the legacy media…which, by the way, is why we’ve made many changes to this briefing room in this White House. It’s long overdue.” [1]

“Since President Donald Trump began his second term, the White House has made several changes in the press room, including making space for ‘new media’ journalists and taking control of the seating chart,” The Daily Wire reported [1].

”Unsecured the Border on Purpose”

The same briefing kicked off the White House’s celebration of Trump’s first 100 days, and border czar Tom Homan joined Leavitt [2].

“We are in the process of carrying out the largest deportation campaign in American history,” Leavitt said. “After four years of being vilified by the Biden-Harris administration, our heroic ICE officers can finally do their jobs.” [2]

“Look, I started on the Border Patrol in 1984. I’ve been at this for over 40 years. I’ve worked for six presidents, starting with Ronald Reagan,” Homan said. “Every president I’ve ever worked for took border security seriously because you can’t have national security if you don’t have strong border security.” [2]

Homan noted that “even President Obama and President Clinton” took border security seriously to some extent [2].

Biden, Homan said, is the “first president in the history of this nation who came into office and unsecured the border on purpose.” [2]

Leavitt said the deportation effort was a “sign of things to come.” [2]

“How many children aren’t dying making that journey?” Homan asked. “How many pounds of fentanyl isn’t getting into this country to kill young Americans?” [2]

By the Numbers

• 40+ years: Homan’s time in border enforcement, per Homan [2].
• 6: presidents Homan has worked for, per Homan [2].
• 1,200+: presidential documents issued under Biden, per Trump’s later memorandum [3].
• 235: federal judges appointed under Biden, per the memorandum [3].

What Happened Next

Trump ordered an investigation. On June 4, 2025, Trump signed a memorandum ordering the White House counsel, working with the attorney general, to investigate. “In recent months, it has become increasingly apparent that former President Biden’s aides abused the power of Presidential signatures through the use of an autopen to conceal Biden’s cognitive decline and assert Article II authority,” it says [3].

“This conspiracy marks one of the most dangerous and concerning scandals in American history,” the memorandum says [3].

“The American public was purposefully shielded from discovering who wielded the executive power, all while Biden’s signature was deployed across thousands of documents to effect radical policy shifts,” it says [3].

“To do so, Biden’s advisors during his years in office severely restricted his news conferences and media appearances, and they scripted his conversations with lawmakers, government officials, and donors, all to cover up his inability to discharge his duties,” the memorandum says [3].

It orders an investigation into “whether certain individuals conspired to deceive the public about Biden’s mental state and unconstitutionally exercise the authorities and responsibilities of the President.” [3]

The investigation also covers “the policy documents for which the autopen was used, including clemency grants, Executive Orders, Presidential memoranda, or other Presidential policy decisions” and “who directed that the President’s signature be affixed.” [3]

For Trump’s “no autopen” joke as he signed health orders, see HYGO News’ page on May 5, 2025. For Leavitt’s briefing a week earlier, see the page on April 22, 2025.

Sources

1. The Daily Wire: ‘One Of The Greatest Cover-Ups’: Leavitt Rips Legacy Media For Burying Biden’s Decline (April 28, 2025)
2. Fox News: White House touts 100-day illegal immigration crackdown after Biden ‘unsecured the border on purpose’ (April 28, 2025)
3. The American Presidency Project: Memorandum on Reviewing Certain Presidential Actions (June 4, 2025)