Kevin O’Connor, who served as the physician to Joe Biden during his term in the White House, has refused to answer questions from Congress investigating Biden’s health decline, and the threats that could have posed, while in office.
That there was a decline was obvious to all who saw him during live events, where he would stumble over words, make mistakes including calling on members of Congress who were dead, jumble comments, even sometimes simply stare vacantly or wander around trying to find a way off stage.
It came to a crisis point during his debate with President Donald Trump during the 2024 campaign, a performance that gave the Democrats no other option but to allow him to “withdraw” as the party’s nominee, after which the party elites in a non-democratic process named Kamala Harris as their choice.
WTF?! Biden’s doctor just flat out REFUSED to testify about Biden’s cognitive decline in a closed door Congressional hearing
He got up and walked out.
HOUSE GOP MUST KEEP PUSHING.
DO NOT CAVE! We demand ANSWERS! pic.twitter.com/TNSfaAtXi3
— Nick Sortor (@nicksortor) July 9, 2025
Biden’s decline is under investigation because of serious questions about some of his formal actions, including pardons to family members, which were signed by a government autopen.
Such actions are, in fact, routine, but the questions are whether he even was aware of those actions, often done by subordinates.
Legal questions remain about the validity of actions his aides would have taken if he was not fully cognizant of them, and the ramifications.
The House Oversight Committee has started taking depositions on the topic, but O’Connors lawyers submitted a statement to the members of Congress that he would “decline to answer” any questions.
“First, the physician patient privilege and the physicians’ ethical duty of confidentiality require that Dr. O’Connor refuse to testify about any aspect of his care and treatment of President Biden,” they said. “Second, the pending Department of Justice criminal investigation leaves Dr. O’Connor no choice but to invoke his constitutional rights under the Fifth Amendment of the Constitution to any questions posed by the committee.”
However, the results of annual physical exams for other presidents routinely have been made public, even to the point of including the results of President Donald Trump’s cognitive tests during his exams.
Statement from legal counsel for Biden’s former White House Dr. Kevin O’Connor to House Oversight Committee, refusing to answer questions in deposition, citing physician patient privilege and Fifth Amendment pic.twitter.com/NUMbFKPUCo
— Emily Brooks (@emilybrooksnews) July 9, 2025
BREAKING: Biden’s doctor, Kevin O’Connor, pleads the Fifth and refuses to testify in a closed-door House hearing on the massive cover-up of Biden’s health. pic.twitter.com/oQhA5iu7Mh
— Benny Johnson (@bennyjohnson) July 9, 2025
WTF? Joe Biden’s physician just REFUSED to testify in Congressional Republicans’ investigation into the health coverup scandal, per POLITICO
“[Kevin] O’Connor asserted doctor-patient privilege and his Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination.”
THIS REEKS. pic.twitter.com/SKnYxAP7UM
— Eric Daugherty (@EricLDaugh) July 9, 2025
A report from the Washington Examiner noted O’Connor’s claims were based on his “Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination.”
The committee’s investigation into the cover-up of Biden’s health issues began days ago with a deposition from Neera Tanden, a Biden aide.
O’Connor earlier had insisted that his deposition be delayed, a demand refused by the committee.
The White House has waived executive privilege for those summoned by the committee, making it problematic for them to refuse to answer.
“The American people have a right to know the health condition of the president, both physical and mental,” House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer, R-Ky., has confirmed.
“It’s no secret that this is an investigation of the autopen, but at the center of the use of the autopen is whether or not the president knew his name was being signed with an autopen.”
The committee has been forced to issue subpoenas for some members of Biden’s entourage, as they had voluntarily promised to appear and testify, then reversed course and refused.
Republicans want to know what tests were done for Biden, and the results, especially whether Biden’s inner circle put pressure on O’Connor to say he was fit for office.
Others expected to testify include Jill Biden’s “work husband,” Anthony Bernall, Ron Klain, Steve Ricchetti and Ashley Williams.
Comer has cited Biden’s recent revelation of a cancer diagnosis.
There are suspicions, he said, “that people were covering up the president’s mental decline. But yet Dr. O’Connor’s reports were glowing with, you know, how healthy the president was.”
Comer said, “I think the president, the state of the president’s health is the transparency that we all expect. The president of the United States is the most powerful person in the world. The American people have a right to know the health condition of the president, both physical and mental,”
He also noted, “There’s more and more evidence that comes out every day that would suggest that the president was in a pretty severe mental decline.”
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