<p>Joe Biden&#8217;s White House physician, Kevin O&#8217;Connor, repeatedly <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/its-now-clear-there-was-a-conspiracy-bidens-doctor-pleads-the-fifth-as-gop-probes-cover-up" target="_blank" rel="noopener">declined</a> to answer questions during a deposition before Congress on Wednesday as part of an investigation into the alleged &#8220;cover-up&#8221; of the former president&#8217;s mental state and whether he authorized the use of autopen signatures for major executive actions.</p>
<p>Republicans who lead the House Oversight Committee released video of the closed-door interview showing O&#8217;Connor declaring his <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/its-now-clear-there-was-a-conspiracy-bidens-doctor-pleads-the-fifth-as-gop-probes-cover-up" target="_blank" rel="noopener">refusal to cooperate</a> when pressed on whether he was ever told to lie about Biden&#8217;s health and if he ever believed Biden was unfit to executive his duties as president.</p>
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<p dir="ltr" lang="en">🚨 EXCLUSIVE FOOTAGE: Joe Biden&#8217;s White House doctor, Kevin O&#8217;Connor, PLEADS THE FIFTH and REFUSES to answer if he was ever told to lie about Biden&#8217;s health or whether he believed Biden was unfit to execute his duties as president.</p>
<p>What are they hiding? WATCH THE DEPOSITION 👇🏻 <a href="https://t.co/4OvvCfpLoQ">pic.twitter.com/4OvvCfpLoQ</a></p>
<p>— Oversight Committee (@GOPoversight) <a href="https://twitter.com/GOPoversight/status/1943063181490032905?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 9, 2025</a></p></blockquote>
<p>&#8220;On the advice of counsel,&#8221; O&#8217;Connor said each time, &#8220;I must respectfully decline to answer based upon the physician-patient privilege and in reliance on my right under the Fifth Amendment of the Constitution. I am not a lawyer and I must follow my lawyer&#8217;s advice in this matter.&#8221;</p>
<p>The video showed O&#8217;Connor, who had been <a href="https://oversight.house.gov/release/chairman-comer-subpoenas-dr-oconnor-over-cover-up-of-bidens-mental-decline/?highlight=o%26%23039%3Bconnor" target="_blank" rel="noopener">subpoenaed</a> to appear for the deposition, did state his name and said &#8220;yes&#8221; as he swore to be truthful in his testimony. Otherwise he stuck to saying he would not be answering questions, including those related to whether he understood instructions. O&#8217;Connor&#8217;s attorney stressed that his client&#8217;s responses would not change.</p>
<p>While the GOP majority tried — and failed — to get O&#8217;Connor to say whether his non-answers were meant to avoid self-incrimination, the Democrat minority pointed out for the record that O&#8217;Connor&#8217;s attorneys had explained to Republicans that responses violating doctor-patient confidentiality might place the witness in breach of his legal and ethical obligations.</p>
<p>O&#8217;Connor&#8217;s attorney read a <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/trump-orders-investigation-into-biden-autopen-scandal" target="_blank" rel="noopener">statement</a> telling House Oversight Chairman James Comer (R-KY) and the other members of the panel the witness would not violate his oath of confidentiality to his patients, including Biden, and insisted that a &#8220;pending&#8221; Department of Justice criminal <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/trump-orders-investigation-into-biden-autopen-scandal" target="_blank" rel="noopener">investigation</a> left O&#8217;Connor &#8220;no choice&#8221; but to assert his Fifth Amendment rights. It was also noted that O&#8217;Connor&#8217;s assertion of his Fifth Amendment privilege did not imply that he committed any crimes.</p>
<p>The video was a little less than 21 minutes in total, but there were breaks in the footage for off-the-record portions of the deposition.</p>
<p>After the interview, a GOP House Oversight aide rejected the claim of doctor-patient confidentiality.</p>
<p>&#8220;Dr. O’Connor would not answer any questions other than his name. Doctor-patient objection would have meant he would have stayed and answered questions that didn’t implicate such privilege,&#8221; the aide said. &#8220;Instead, he took the Fifth to all and any potential questions.&#8221;</p>
<p>Republicans interpreted O’Connor&#8217;s conduct as evidence of there being an effort to conceal evidence of Biden&#8217;s diminishing health while he was in office.</p>
<p>&#8220;It&#8217;s now clear there was a conspiracy to cover up President Biden&#8217;s cognitive decline after Dr. Kevin O&#8217;Connor, Biden&#8217;s physician and family business associate, refused to answer any questions and chose to hide behind the Fifth Amendment,&#8221; Comer <a href="https://x.com/RepJamesComer/status/1942970278381838547" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> in a post on X.</p>
<p>&#8220;The American people demand transparency but Dr. O&#8217;Connor would rather conceal the truth,&#8221; Comer added. &#8220;Dr. O&#8217;Connor took the Fifth when asked if he was told to lie about President Biden&#8217;s health and whether he was fit to be President of the United States. Congress must assess legislative solutions to prevent such a cover-up from happening again. We will continue to interview more Biden White House aides to get the answers Americans deserve.&#8221;</p>
<p>Rep. Robert Garcia (D-CA), the ranking member of the House Oversight Committee, took the opportunity to swipe at GOP colleagues over the &#8220;One Big, Beautiful Bill&#8221; that recently passed through Congress.</p>
<p>&#8220;The only person&#8217;s health that Republicans care about is Joe Biden&#8217;s – even as 17 million Americans lose access to health care thanks to their budget betrayal,&#8221; Garcia <a href="https://x.com/RepRobertGarcia/status/1942986945216549149" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> on X.</p>
<p>O&#8217;Connor&#8217;s deposition took place after President Donald Trump <a href="https://x.com/AlexThomp/status/1942754126707712045" target="_blank" rel="noopener">waived</a> his executive privilege, which also happened for former White House Staff Secretary and Director of the Domestic Policy Council Neera Tanden, who <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/201-trump-waives-executive-privilege-protection-for-biden-aide-ahead-of-cognitive-fitness-hearings" target="_blank" rel="noopener">testified</a> for several hours last month and <a href="https://x.com/cspan/status/1937630075190415551" target="_blank" rel="noopener">denied</a> there was an effort to cover up Biden&#8217;s condition. Other former Biden aides are <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/biden-officials-to-testify-about-former-presidents-mental-fitness" target="_blank" rel="noopener">expected</a> to testify before the House Oversight Committee in the coming weeks.</p>
<p>Biden, now 82, abandoned his 2024 re-election bid following a faltering presidential debate against Trump amid pressure from allies. A <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/jake-tapper-flails-when-confronted-with-his-role-in-biden-cover-up" target="_blank" rel="noopener">book</a> by journalists Jake Tapper and Alex Thompson on Biden&#8217;s &#8220;decline&#8221; and the &#8220;cover-up,&#8221; alongside the former president&#8217;s recent <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/joe-biden-diagnosed-with-aggressive-form-of-prostate-cancer" target="_blank" rel="noopener">&#8220;aggressive&#8221;</a> prostate cancer diagnosis and the release of audio from special counsel Robert Hur&#8217;s interview with him, <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/gop-proposal-panel-biden-health-cover-up" target="_blank" rel="noopener">intensified</a> scrutiny. However, the former president has pushed back on the notion that he did not dictate his executive actions.</p>
<p>&#8220;Let me be clear: I made the decisions during my presidency. I made the decisions about the pardons, executive orders, legislation, and proclamations. Any suggestion that I didn&#8217;t is ridiculous and false,&#8221; Biden said in a <a href="https://x.com/brittanys/status/1930450375699583244" target="_blank" rel="noopener">statement</a>. &#8220;This is nothing more than a distraction by Donald Trump and Congressional Republicans.&#8221;</p>
<p>Trump has <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/trump-orders-investigation-into-biden-autopen-scandal" target="_blank" rel="noopener">ordered</a> a separate investigation into whether aides improperly used an autopen for executive actions in an effort to conceal Biden&#8217;s health issues, suggesting there could be &#8220;implications&#8221; for the legality and validity of the presidential acts in question. Senate Republicans are also <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/democrats-duck-biden-mental-fitness-hearing" target="_blank" rel="noopener">looking into</a> Biden&#8217;s mental fitness.</p>

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