Joe Biden’s White House doctor refused to answer a single question during a congressional interview on Wednesday, raising more concerns about efforts to conceal the former president’s decline while in office.
According to House Oversight Committee Chair James Comer, R-Ky., Biden physician Kevin O’Connor pled the Fifth at his previously scheduled deposition with House lawmakers. The revelation came a day after the Trump administration waived executive privilege for O’Connor to sit down with members of the committee for the transcribed interview.
According to a House Oversight Committee official, O’Connor did not simply plead the Fifth on questions related to doctor-patient privilege, but on any and all prospective queries posed by lawmakers.
“The American people demand transparency, but Dr. O’Connor would rather conceal the truth,” Comer said in a statement. “Dr. O’Connor took the Fifth when asked if he was told to lie about President Biden’s health and whether he was fit to be President of the United States. Congress must assess legislative solutions to prevent such a coverup from happening again.”
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As John Williams Sr. previously wrote in these pages, O’Connor oversaw three official annual examinations of Biden throughout his presidency, and “When comparing these exams side by side, the common themes of omission, deflection, and misdiagnosis emerge, while issues of concern are painted in the best light possible.”
“It defies belief that while the American people questioned President Biden’s cognitive and physical abilities, the physician to the president and other medical professionals told us there was nothing to worry about,” Williams wrote.
O’Connor is hardly the only former Biden White House official to forgo providing remarks to House lawmakers about Biden’s decline after previously agreeing to do so.
Late last month, the Oversight Committee subpoenaed Anthony Bernal, a key aide to Joe and Jill Biden, following his refusal to speak with lawmakers. Similar to O’Connor, Bernal did so after the Trump administration waived executive privilege for him to speak with the committee on his experiences in the Biden White House and interactions with the former president.
The Oversight Committee also recently issued letters demanding interviews with several other top Biden White House officials as part of its investigation into efforts to conceal Biden’s decline from the American public. This list of former officials includes Biden Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre, who was at the forefront of the Biden administration’s attempted cover-up.
Shawn Fleetwood is a staff writer for The Federalist and a graduate of the University of Mary Washington. He previously served as a state content writer for Convention of States Action and his work has been featured in numerous outlets, including RealClearPolitics, RealClearHealth, and Conservative Review. Follow him on Twitter @ShawnFleetwood
