This is unprecedented, and I think that this adds more fuel to the fire that there was a cover-up,” House Oversight chairman James Comer declared.

Dr. Kevin O’Connor, who was former President Joe Biden‘s physician, is a key figure in the House Oversight Committee‘s investigation into White House aides’ alleged cover-up of Biden’s health. O’Connor was scheduled to appear for a deposition on Wednesday before the committee to answer questions about Biden’s health in office.

Joe Biden’s White House physician on Wednesday declined to answer questions during a closed-door deposition with the House Oversight Committee, invoking his Fifth Amendment right as the Republican-led panel pushes forward in its probe of the former president’s mental fitness and decline.

The House Oversight investigation is looking into the former president's mental decline and whether his inner circle tried to conceal the decline from the public.

Rep. James Comer (R-KY) expressed his outrage at Dr. Kevin O'Connor, former President Biden's physician, for pleading the Fifth at a closed-door hearing on the former president's decline. REP. JAMES COMER (R-KY): Dr.

MAGA loyalists and congressional Republicans are lashing out at Joe Biden’s former physician.

Biden has called Trump’s allegations "ridiculous and false.” In a firm statement, he said: “Let me be clear: I made the decisions during my presidency. I made the decisions about the pardons, Executive Orders, legislation and proclamations.”