Former White House physician pleads the Fifth on Biden’s health

Dr. Kevin O’Connor made a house call this week.

Specifically to the House of Representatives.

O’Connor served as President Biden’s physician. The House Oversight Committee wanted to talk to O’Connor about whether Biden was fit to serve as president. So House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer, R-Ky., issued a subpoena for O’Connor.

The doctor was in.

But not for very long.

After 20 minutes behind closed doors with Comer and company, the deposition concluded. Committee attorneys peppered O’Connor with questions about whether he thought former President Biden was up to the job and if he was asked to lie about the commander in chief’s health. But Comer got the same response each time. Even when committee lawyers posed a simple question, asking O’Connor if he understood the proceedings.

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O’Connor deployed his Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination each time. The committee even took the rare step of releasing a video from most of the deposition the same evening.

“Most people invoke the Fifth when they have criminal liability. And you know, that’s what it would appear (to be) on the surface here,” said Comer after the deposition concluded. “The American people have a right to know the health condition of the president. Both physical and mental.”

Comer observed that O’Connor’s silence “adds more fuel to the fire that there was a cover-up.”

Rep. Jasmine Crockett, D-Tex., was the only Democrat who showed up for the deposition. Crockett just bowed out a few weeks ago from a bid to become the top Democrat on the Oversight Committee after the death of late Rep. Gerry Connolly, D-Va.

“It was important to make sure that a Democrat was in the room. Because unfortunately, sometimes people like to cherry pick and make sure that they can give whatever fits their narrative,” said Crockett.