Biden Aides Accused of Doing ‘Undemocratic Things’ to Keep Him in Power

In a shocking revelation rocking Washington, a new book exposes how President Joe Biden’s unelected inner circle allegedly ran the country from behind the scenes—while hiding the commander-in-chief’s cognitive decline in a desperate bid to keep Donald Trump out of the White House.

Original Sin: President Biden’s Decline, Its Cover-Up, and His Disastrous Choice to Run Again by journalist Alex Thompson and CNN’s Jake Tapper claims Biden’s senior aides took unprecedented and undemocratic steps to prop up the visibly faltering president—all while Americans were left in the dark.

“These weren’t cabinet officials or Senate-confirmed leaders,” Thompson told Fox News Sunday. “These were anonymous, unelected staffers who assumed control of the executive branch. Voters had no idea who was really making the calls.”

According to Thompson, the president’s inner circle—dubbed the “Politburo” by some in Biden’s own administration—consisted of longtime confidants Mike Donilon, Steve Ricchetti, Bruce Reed, first lady Jill Biden, and even Hunter Biden, the scandal-plagued son of the president.

“They weren’t just advisors,” Thompson said. “They were effectively running the country.”

The term Politburo—borrowed from Soviet-style rule—underscores the alarming comparison Thompson makes throughout the book: that a tight, unaccountable clique ran the nation like a communist inner circle while Biden faded into the background.

Fox’s Shannon Bream pressed Thompson on what Americans were really voting for in 2020 and again in 2024. “You quote a Biden aide admitting he shouldn’t be running again,” Bream said. “So who exactly would be running the country if he won?”

Thompson responded bluntly: “When you’re voting for the president, you’re voting for whoever surrounds him. And in this case, those people weren’t elected. They weren’t vetted. And they were willing to do things no one in a democracy should do.”

Among the most chilling passages in the book is a quote from one anonymous aide who said Biden “just had to win, and then he could disappear for four years. He’d only have to show proof of life every once in a while … His aides could pick up the slack.”

The book suggests these extreme measures were justified by Biden’s staffers because they viewed Trump as an “existential threat.”

“If you believe that Trump is the end of democracy itself,” Thompson said, “you can justify anything. Even undemocratic actions. And that’s exactly what happened.”

Released last week, Original Sin paints a damning portrait of a White House ruled by fear, denial, and manipulation. It details how key Democratic operatives worked to hide Biden’s decline from the press, from voters, and even from fellow Democrats—creating a manufactured presidency shielded from scrutiny.

Thompson’s reporting offers a behind-the-scenes look at what he calls the “original sin” of the Biden era: choosing power over transparency, politics over principle, and manipulation over the truth.

With President Trump poised for a possible return in 2025, and Biden’s inner circle under fresh scrutiny, this book is igniting a national conversation about who’s really in charge—and how close America came to being run like a shadow state.