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Dunn: White House staff brought matters to Biden; memos, counsel and Reed handled executive processes

Oversight and Reform: House Committee · October 28, 2025
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Anita Dunn told the House Oversight Committee that White House staff prepared memos and brought issues to President Biden, and that she did not observe staff exercising presidential authority without his knowledge.

Anita Dunn described the White House process for preparing executive decisions and said staff generally brought recommendations to the president for his review and determination.

Dunn told the committee that executive orders and related policy matters generally moved through the relevant cabinet agencies and then to the White House lead on domestic policy (she named Bruce Reed) for final coordination. "By and large," she said, "executive orders were…

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