Former White House Physician Kevin O'Connor, who said that President Joe Biden was fit to hold office even as his cognitive decline became crystal clear to the rest of the world, is now seeking to delay his testimony before the House Oversight Committee because of disagreements about the scope of the questions he would be asked.
O'Connor was scheduled to testify Wednesday, but he is reluctant to disclose information about Biden's health while in office and his use of an autopen to sign documents and legislation.
A lawyer for O'Connor requested the testimony to be moved to July 28 or August 4 to give him time to meet his "ethical obligations" in the matter.
"Dr. O’Connor has legal and ethical obligations that he must satisfy and for which violations carry serious consequences to him professionally and personally," a letter to the judge read.
The letter also argued that no other doctor has every been subpoenaed
"We are unaware of any prior occasion on which a Congressional Committee has subpoenaed a physician to testify about the treatment of an individual patient. And the notion that a Congressional Committee would do so without any regard whatsoever for the confidentiality of the physician-patient relationship is alarming."
The Oversight Committee responded by saying that O'Connor could object to individual questions during the testimony, but that the delay was not permissible.
A spokesperson for the committee accused O'Connor of attempting to "stonewall" the process unnecessarily.
O'Connor is expected to testify on Wendesday due to the issued subpoena and faces consequences if he does not show up to do so.
Former top aide to Biden, Neera Tanden, testified weeks ago that she directed autopen signatures under Biden's direction but said she didn't know where the authorization to do so came from.
"Ms. Tanden testified that she had minimal interaction with President Biden, despite wielding tremendous authority," Comer said at the time. "She explained that to obtain approval for autopen signatures, she would send decision memos to members of the President’s inner circle and had no visibility of what occurred between sending the memo and receiving it back with approval. Her testimony raises serious questions about who was really calling the shots in the Biden White House amid the President’s obvious decline. We will continue to pursue the truth for the American people."
O'Connor is clearly terrified at being asked why Biden was so uninvolved in his own presidency and whether his health had anythign to do with it.
Lying under oath to Congress is a criminal act punishable with jail time, so he obviously has something to hide in trying to avoid the testimony.
