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A newly released video from the Republican-led House Oversight Committee shows longtime Biden adviser Mike Donilon admitting under questioning that he stood to receive a $4 million bonus if Joe Biden had won reelection — on top of roughly $4 million he was already paid. The clip, which has circulated widely, makes plain that top Democratic operatives had financial incentives tied directly to keeping Mr. Biden in the race even as his performance collapsed on stage and in the polls.
The exchange is awkward and damning: Donilon fumbles, stammers, and finally concedes that a reelection would have triggered a multimillion-dollar payout. The transcript and video make the incentives crystal clear — and they were released as part of a broader GOP staff effort alleging a culture of concealment around the president’s fitness for office. Such a blunt admission from a senior aide isn’t just an embarrassment; it’s proof of motive.
Americans who sweat and save to give five or ten dollars to a campaign should be furious that small donors’ money can be funneled into outsized paydays for insiders. This isn’t theoretical corruption — it’s the exact kind of pay-to-play culture conservatives have warned about for years, where the people in the room line their pockets while pretending the country’s interests come first. If party operatives were financially rewarded for keeping a faltering candidate on the ballot, that is a betrayal of every donor and voter.
The video also undercuts the media’s longstanding comfort with offering Democrats the benefit of the doubt. Reporters and TV anchors who looked away while Mr. Biden struggled owe the public an explanation for how and why they dismissed clear warning signs for so long. The revelations, and the contemporaneous reporting that flagged these arrangements months ago, should force a reckoning about journalistic malpractice and the revolving-door insider culture in D.C.
This episode fits a pattern exposed in recent investigations and books about the inner circle that insulated the president, where a handful of advisers effectively ran strategy while shielding the candidate from scrutiny. The House Oversight staff report that accompanied the release frames these admissions as part of a wider autopen and delegation probe, and Republicans are right to press for answers about who knew what and when. The country deserves a full accounting and, if laws or ethics were broken, real consequences.
Patriotic Americans should take this as a wake-up call: Washington’s insiders will always try to protect their paydays unless we demand better. It’s time to push for transparency, reform campaign pay structures, and restore honor to public service so the next generation sees politics as duty, not a gravy train. Voters must remember that real accountability starts at the ballot box and in relentless oversight of the permanent political class.
