Top Biden aide says he was promised $8 million if former president won in 2024: Reports

Mike Donilon, an advisor and long-time ally of former President Joe Biden, reportedly told congressional investigators on Thursday that he was promised $8 million if the former president was reelected last year. 

The revelation occurred during a closed-door meeting with investigators who were helping with the House Oversight Committee's probe into Biden's mental decline and an alleged White House plot to cover it up. 

Donilon was among a handful of former Biden aides to speak to Congress, though several invoked their Fifth Amendment rights. 

The former Biden aide told investigators that he was paid $4 million for his work on Biden's 2024 re-election campaign, and would have received another $4 million if Biden had won, a source familiar with the interview told Fox News. 

Donilon stated that he did not know what Biden used an autopen for, which Republicans believe was used to sign controversial pardons and executive orders toward the end of Biden's presidency, and did not remember knowing about the tool.

The former aide also told investigators that although Biden aged in his presidency, he believed the former president was the "best person to lead the country." 

"I was with President Joe Biden from his first day in office to the last day. What I saw, day in and day out, was a leader who was deeply engaged and in command on critical issues, both at home and abroad," Donilon said in his opening statement. 

"Every president ages over the four years of a presidency and President Biden did as well, but he also continued to grow stronger and wiser as a leader as a result of being tested by some of the most difficult challenges any president has ever faced," he continued. "I thought that experience was enormously valuable for the nation. I believed that President Biden was the best person to lead the country on the day he took the oath of office and I continued to believe that was true every day he served as president."

Donilon also said he believed the country overreacted to Biden's debate performance last year, which ultimately led to his withdrawal from the Democratic race. Former Vice President Kamala Harris became the nominee instead.

Misty Severi is a news reporter for Just The News. You can follow her on X for more coverage. .