Wednesday, July 09, 2025

Biden's fmr Doc Pleads the 5th in Front of House Republicans

Dr. Kevin O'Connor, former President Joe Biden's White House physician, declined to answer questions on Wednesday before the House Oversight Committee as part of a Republican-led investigation into Biden's mental fitness and health while in office.

Posted by LampLighter at 12:11 PM | 23 COMMENTS | permalink

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... House Republicans, led by Representative James Comer, subpoenaed O'Connor in June, ordering him to testify "as part of the investigation into the cover-up of President Joe Biden's cognitive decline."

Biden dropped his bid for reelection after a disastrous debate performance last year raised concerns about his age and mental fitness. After leaving office, he has come under renewed scrutiny since revealing he had been diagnosed with an aggressive form of prostate cancer and the publication of books alleging a cover-up of Biden's decline while he was in office.

He has strongly rejected the notion that he has been mentally unfit at any point during his presidency, calling the allegations "ridiculous and false."

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On Wednesday O'Connor's attorneys, David Schertler and Mark MacDougall, released a statement on behalf of their client stating, "the totality of the circumstances surrounding this Committee's investigation leave Dr. O'Connor no choice but to decline to answer questions."

The statement continued, "the physician patient privilege and the physician's ethical duty of confidentiality require that Dr. O'Connor refuse to testify about any aspect of his care and treatment of President Biden.

O'Connor previously served as Biden's family physician before taking on the role of White House doctor. His appearance before the committee followed weeks of negotiation. ...


#1 | Posted by LampLighter at 2025-07-09 12:13 PM

First, Comer ... seriously?

Second, breaking patient-doctor confidentiality sets up a potential malpractice situation.

Third, I'm more interested in the shuffling wreck currently occupying the Oval Office.

#2 | Posted by Doc_Sarvis at 2025-07-09 12:58 PM

@#2 ... First, Comer ... seriously? ...

Yeah, I noticed that also.

The only way an investigation could be made less serious may be if Rep Jordan were running it.



#3 | Posted by LampLighter at 2025-07-09 01:01 PM

You can't make me wear a mask because of HIPAA - MAGATS
Biden's doctor must ignore HIPAA and share all the details about his patient's health - Also MAGATS

#4 | Posted by johnny_hotsauce at 2025-07-09 01:12 PM

Easy enough to offer him immunity and order him to testify or face contempt...

#5 | Posted by snoofy at 2025-07-09 01:14 PM

Easy enough to offer him immunity and order him to testify or face contempt...
#5 | Posted by snoofy

Option 1 - push a conspiracy despite lacking supporting evidence.
Option 2 - attempt to force a doctor to break confidentiality.

I think we all know that option 1 has been their plan from the start.

#6 | Posted by johnny_hotsauce at 2025-07-09 01:29 PM

Good point. I suspect Doctor Patient confidentiality can withstand just about any legal attack, but I'm not sure if Republicans thought of that.

#7 | Posted by snoofy at 2025-07-09 01:31 PM

This is the point of this charade. It's all about innuendo and insinuation.

The doctor was intentionally put into an unprecedented and untenable position to force an appearance of him "hiding" something.

#8 | Posted by jpw at 2025-07-09 01:37 PM

" Easy enough to offer him immunity and order him to testify or face contempt.."

During the unraveling of the wretched Iran-Contra Affair, Oliver North got limited immunity from an arrangement of that sort and, as a result, walked.

#9 | Posted by Doc_Sarvis at 2025-07-09 01:39 PM

Oliver North

There's a meme floating around, which I will now butcher into text format.

Left panel is a youngish man from the Iran-Contra days, "This man sold bombs to Iran."

Right panel is an older man at a Fox News desk, "This man says we should bomb Iran."

Bottom Text. "It's the same man. Lt. Col Oliver North sold weapons to Iran in the 80s in the Iran-Contta Scandal and is now a military analyst working for Fox News."

#10 | Posted by snoofy at 2025-07-09 01:48 PM

#10
Thanks for pointing that out.

#11 | Posted by Doc_Sarvis at 2025-07-09 01:50 PM

LOL, you ------- liberals have an allergic reaction to the truth and finally waking up to the fact that the Democrat lied right to your stupid smug faces over and over again.

We told you right here on this very website that the progression of the disease was not possible the way Biden's press release stated. You chose to side with your lying overlords.

Well, here we are again - making the lying Dr. testify and - IN A SURPRISE TO NO ONE - he pleads the 5th.

As the great Mark Twain stated and summing up the Democrat voters: "It's easier to fool people than to convince them that they have been fooled." - well, at least the 19% of the country that still identifies as Democrats.

#12 | Posted by ScottS at 2025-07-09 07:47 PM

12 | POSTED BY SCOTTS

I'd assert the 5th too when dealing with such MAGA barbarians.

They aren't looking for truth; they're looking for scalps.

#13 | Posted by Zed at 2025-07-09 07:54 PM

12 | POSTED BY SCOTTS

I'd assert the 5th too when dealing with such MAGA barbarians.

They aren't looking for truth; they're looking for scalps.

#14 | Posted by Zed at 2025-07-09 07:54 PM

| POSTED BY SCOTTS

Now for some very appropriate whataboutism----

Donald Trump is a mentally-ll man in obvious cognitive and physical decline.

Maybe we'll get to call his doctors to testify some day soon.

#15 | Posted by Zed at 2025-07-09 07:56 PM

#15: Donald Trump is a mentally-ill man in obvious cognitive and physical decline.
Maybe we'll get to call his doctors to testify some day soon.

Spot on.

#16 | Posted by C0RI0LANUS at 2025-07-09 08:00 PM

"#13 | Posted by Zed"

Lying has consequences - just not with the Democrat voters that blindly accept it. In your case, you are not even a Democrat voter given your Canadian nationality. It takes a special kind of stupid for someone, that is not even American voter, to give this kind of blind, cult-like loyalty as you do.

#17 | Posted by ScottS at 2025-07-09 08:01 PM

"#16 | Posted by C0RI0LANUS"

Spot on in what way? You ------- liberals are clearly uninterested in the fact that Biden's Dr lied right to your stupid smug faces. You would start caring if it is Trump though? Why is that?

#18 | Posted by ScottS at 2025-07-09 08:02 PM

" . In your case, you are not even a Democrat voter given your Canadian nationality" - Scotts

You are confusing Zed with Redial. Zed is a Texan. Redial is a Canuck.

#19 | Posted by BellRinger at 2025-07-09 10:59 PM

Zed is a Texan. Redial is a Canuck.

And ScottS is an idiot sockpuppet. Ira rides again!

#20 | Posted by REDIAL at 2025-07-09 11:08 PM

Bride of Ira!

#21 | Posted by REDIAL at 2025-07-09 11:08 PM

The Ira Supremacy!

#22 | Posted by REDIAL at 2025-07-09 11:10 PM

Ira Begins!

#23 | Posted by REDIAL at 2025-07-09 11:10 PM

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