Ian Sams, a former White House spokesman who adamantly defended then-President Joe Biden’s cognitive abilities on national television, watched his own story crumble under questioning by House investigators.
Sams’ story to the public, particularly in an interview on MSNBC’s “Deadline: White House,” was that Biden was smart as a whip. Even as his disastrous debate performance in June against then-candidate Donald Trump clearly indicated otherwise.
And while Sams’ story was similar to others in the administration, focused heavily on denial of what everyone just saw with their own eyes, what stood out was his insistence that he saw unblemished mental acuity out of Biden “every single day.”
The White House mouthpiece at the time praised Biden for a speech he gave days later about the Supreme Court’s presidential immunity decision, suggesting it was evidence that he was in complete control of his mental faculties.
“That’s the President Biden that so many of us experience every single day, who’s asking the tough questions so that we as staff can be sharp to do our job best for the American people,” Sams told MSNBC host Nicole Wallace.
“When I deal with him,” he would later add, “he is sharp. He’s asking tough questions.”
Sharpness. That we experience every day. The implication was clear. Biden’s cognitive fumble during the debate was an anomaly and not the norm.
Biden spokesman Ian Sams denies Biden’s obvious cognitive decline: “He’s sharp! He’s asking tough questions!” pic.twitter.com/wC3KbworKZ
— RNC Research (@RNCResearch) July 2, 2024
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Sams’ story changed significantly when he faced intense scrutiny during a closed-door transcribed interview with the House Oversight Committee that August.
The narrative quickly unraveled when Sams was pressed on the frequency and nature of his interactions with Biden. He admitted to only interacting with the president “three or four times”, of which only two of those were actual in-person meetings. This was over two years of service in the White House.
Turns out the administration’s policy of keeping Biden in the basement went beyond just the public; apparently, he was kept away from key spokespeople as well.
“The first time I met President Biden personally was in a meeting, maybe in early 2024,” Sams told Oversight Committee investigators, adding, “I interacted with him pretty infrequently.”
Infrequently ≠ Every day.
When asked about how he had characterized viewing a “sharp” Biden just about “every single day,” Sams insisted that it was accurate.
“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,” he claimed without evidence.
The House Oversight committee posted video of Sams’ contradictory statements and slammed him for “lying.”
“Ian Sams, one of Joe Biden’s spokespersons, met with him only TWICE in over TWO YEARS,” they wrote on X. “Then he would go on live television and say he interacted with him EVERY SINGLE DAY. He was LYING to the American people to cover up for Biden’s decline.”
WATCH: Ian Sams, one of Joe Biden’s spokespersons, met with him only TWICE in over TWO YEARS.
Then he would go on live television and say he interacted with him EVERY SINGLE DAY.
He was LYING to the American people to cover up for Biden’s decline. pic.twitter.com/9BDXKWhyUw
— Oversight Committee (@GOPoversight) October 29, 2025
Chairman of the Oversight Committee James Comer hinted in August that Sams’ interview provided some pretty stunning information about the public cover-up of Biden’s decline.
“It raises serious concerns and serious questions about who was calling shots at the White House,” Comer said. “If the White House spokesperson was being shielded from the president of the United States, who was operating the Oval Office?”
It’s a good question. One that has yet to be answered.
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