Biden's Former Doctor Refuses to Answer Questions in House Republican Probe
Dr. Kevin O'Connor, who served as Biden's family physician and later as White House doctor, asserted physician–patient privilege as well as his right under the Fifth Amendment to the US Constitution in declining to answer questions from members of the House Oversight Committee, his attorneys said.
O'Connor's appearance Wednesday came after weeks of back-and-forth over his appearance. A lawyer for the doctor had requested a brief delay in his deposition to sort out questions over physician–patient privilege, but the committee refused and said he had to comply with the subpoena for his testimony.
Republicans are conducting a sweeping investigation into Biden's actions in office and questioning whether the Democrat's use of an autopen may have been invalid. Biden has strongly denied that he was not in a right state of mind at any point while in office, calling the claims 'ridiculous' and 'false.'
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