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Fox News
11-07-2025
- Politics
- Fox News
Biden's Doctor Pleads The 5th
As Seen On Gutfeld, Greg mocks Biden's Doctor for pleading the 5th when asked if he was ever told to lie about Biden's health. Greg calls out some notable Dems for pretending to be shocked by Biden's decline. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit FOX News Radio
Fox News
11-07-2025
- Health
- Fox News
Washington Post declares Americans deserve thorough investigation into Biden's health, possible cover-up
The Washington Post editorial board declared Thursday that Americans "deserve" to know the state of former President Joe Biden's health while in office. The board noted Biden's personal physician, Kevin O'Connor, refused to disclose Biden's health information in a House Oversight Committee hearing this week and said that members of Congress need to make sure they get to the bottom of the situation. "Congress should thoroughly investigate whether Biden was physically and mentally capable of carrying out his duties — and not just to sate understandable public curiosity about the previous administration," the board declared, adding, "O'Connor could probably reveal more than anyone else about how White House officials seek to control the public's perception of a president's fitness." During the congressional hearing this week, O'Connor pleaded the Fifth Amendment multiple times regarding his tenure with the former president. The House Oversight Committee has been investigating whether Biden's former top aides covered up evidence of his mental and physical decline while in office, which they have denied. The Post noted how Republicans responded to the physician's tactic as evidence that he was engaged in a cover-up, while Democrats dismissed the hearing and called concerns about Biden's health overblown. The board said both sides are "getting this wrong." The editorial continued, "Biden's case is only the latest evidence that lawmakers should take on the difficult but unavoidable topic of whether to set transparency rules on presidential health. This means Democrats cannot deny that the Biden health story is important. It also means the Republicans running the probe should be more interested in getting relevant information than in embarrassing Democrats." The Post argued that reports of Biden forgetting the names of his top aides, using a teleprompter for "minor events," needing cabinet meetings scripted, and not being able to work the long hours of the job all "raise legitimate concerns that Biden's health threatened national security and continuity of government." "Lawmakers have a responsibility to carefully examine the matter and use their findings to consider reforms that would preserve Americans' confidence in their leaders," it argued. The board acknowledged that Biden's doctor was in a complex situation during the hearing because he has "ethical and legal obligations to protect private patient information" and had concerns that the "Justice Department could use his testimony against him." However, it said that he could provide testimony about whether "he ever felt pressure to sanitize his annual public reports on Biden's health." Representatives for the former president did not immediately reply to Fox News Digital's request for comment.
Fox News
10-07-2025
- Health
- Fox News
'HE WAS A DANGER TO OTHERS' Dr. Nicole Saphier Weighs in on Biden Doctor Pleading the Fifth
Dr. Nicole Saphier, Board Certified Medical Doctor, Senior Fox News Medical Contributor & bestselling author, joined the Guy Benson Show today with guest host Harry Hurley to discuss a bevy of medical issues. Dr. Saphier discussed Biden doctor Kevin O'Connor's choice to plead the fifth when asked about what he knew about Biden's health. Dr. Saphier also weighed in on RFK Jr.'s efforts as HHS secretary and the resistance to removing food dyes from foods by MARS and other companies. Listen to the full interview below! Listen to the full interview below: Listen to the full podcast below:
Yahoo
09-07-2025
- Health
- Yahoo
Biden's former doctor refuses to answer questions in House Republican probe
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden's former White House physician is refusing to answer questions as part of the House Republican investigation into Biden's health in office. Dr. Kevin O'Connor invoked doctor-client privilege and his rights under the Fifth Amendment during an appearance Wednesday before the House Oversight Committee, his attorneys said. Republicans are conducting a sweeping investigation into Biden's actions in office and questioning whether the Democrat's use of an autopen in office may have been invalid. They have also claimed that some policies carried out by the White House autopen may be invalid if it is proven that Biden was mentally incapacitated for some part of his term. 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.' David Schertler, one of O'Connor's lawyers, said in a written statement he prepared for the committee that the doctor would not violate his oath of confidentiality with his patients. He also said the House Oversight committee should hold off on its investigation until Attorney General Pam Bondi concludes an investigation that the Oversight Committee's chair, Rep. James Comer of Kentucky, said she has launched into the use of the autopen. '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,' Schertler said in the statement. Comer, in a statement, said O'Connor's decision not to testify made it 'clear there was a conspiracy." 'The American people demand transparency, but Dr. O'Connor would rather conceal the truth,' Comer said. In a June subpoena of O'Connor, Comer said that claims of physician-patient privilege under the American Medical Association's code of ethics 'lack merit' because that code is not part of federal law. He said the committee's subpoena meets the AMA's own requirement that physicians must share a patient's medical information if 'legally compelled to disclose the information' or 'ordered to do so by legally constituted authority.' Comer has said his committee will release a report of all its findings after the probe is complete. He has issued subpoenas for O'Connor and Anthony Bernal, former chief of staff to former first lady Jill Biden. Last month, Neera Tanden, former director of Biden's domestic policy counsel, gave voluntary testimony. Comer has requested testimony from nearly a dozen former senior Biden aides, including former White House chiefs of staff Ron Klain and Jeff Zients; former senior advisers Mike Donilon and Anita Dunn; former deputy chief of staff Bruce Reed, former counselor to the president Steve Ricchetti, former deputy chief of staff Annie Tomasini and a former assistant to the president, Ashley Williams. President Donald Trump's White House has waived executive privilege, a right that protects many communications between the president and staff from Congress and the courts, for almost all of those senior staffers. That clears the way for those staffers to discuss their conversations with Biden while he was president.
Al Arabiya
09-07-2025
- Health
- Al Arabiya
Biden's Former Doctor Refuses to Answer Questions in House Republican Probe
President Joe Biden's former White House physician on Wednesday refused to answer questions as part of the House Republican investigation into Biden's mental fitness and health in office, according to his attorneys. 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.'
