Dr. Kevin O’Connor appeared before the House Oversight Committee, but he had little to say about the investigation into the alleged cover-up of President Joe Biden’s mental and physical decline. The former White House physician invoked his privilege against self-incrimination in refusing to answer any questions. His prescription for the Committee seems clear: take a Fifth and call me in the morning (with an immunity grant). The question is now whether Congress will move to compel his testimony.
O’Connor appeared with counsel and repeatedly read the same line: “On the advice of counsel, I must respectfully decline to answer based on the physician patient privilege and the reliance on my right under the Fifth Amendment.”
GOP members were quick to quote Rep. Dan Goldman (D., N.Y.) who declared that “you don’t take the Fifth if you didn’t do anything wrong.”
The development adds another interesting dimension to the controversy over the alleged cover-up of Biden’s decline.
Dr. O’Connor insists that he cannot compromise a patient’s privacy under federal law and ethical guidelines. However, his client was the president of the United States, and Congress is investigating allegations that he was no longer competent or engaged in running the nation. That raises potential criminal conduct from falsification of documents to perjury that an oversight committee is pursuing.
Generally, courts have waived confidentiality protections for reporters, doctors, and lawyers under a crime or fraud exception in federal criminal cases. A good example is the testimony of the psychiatrist in the Menendez brothers’ murder case.
Dr. O’Connor is an essential witness in that investigation. President Biden has clearly not given him the authority to fully disclose the medical records and testing results from his presidency. The question could become whether Congress can now compel such disclosures. Both Biden and O’Connor could go to court to seek to prevent such compulsion.
Congress often examines private information, including tax records and background investigations, as part of its oversight functions. Moreover, many past investigations would have been obstructed by sweeping privacy claims. Consider the Kennedy assassination investigation into the examinations of the president or confirmation fights over allegations of mental or physical disabilities of nominees.
Under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA), subpoenas are regularly used to obtain otherwise protected medical information. The law specifically allows for disclosures in criminal or fraud investigations.
Moreover, many questions would not trip such wires, including the question that he was asked about whether anyone asked him to falsify medical records.
Congress has a compelling basis for demanding disclosure. However, the question is time. With the approaching midterm elections, the runway is getting shorter for the Oversight Committee. If the Democrats retake the House, these investigations will be halted, as Democratic members have pledged to resume impeachment investigations targeting President Trump.
The House Oversight Committee could grant Dr. O’Connor immunity and compel his testimony. He would then have to either secure a court order of protection or face a contempt of Congress charge for refusing to testify. If he elected to testify, he would still be subject to potential charges for any false statements made to investigators or committee members.
There is sufficient time to compel such testimony, but the Committee will have to move with some dispatch if it wants to hear more from the doctor.
Lawyer up. Lawyer up. You know what they say pay back is. Lawyer up Brennan, Lawyer up Comey. Hold your nose and take your medicine. The good doctor’s potions won’t save you now. Every one of them are guilty of trying to influence an election. The one thing that we do know is that they were much better at attempting to fix an election than the Russians were. The Russians are bad but these boys are really bad. A Gulag for this crew would be compassionate punishment. Lawyer up. Lawyer up sayeth this writer in a state of pure glee. I click my heels.
Is this the same “Congress” that Trump routinely refused to cooperate with? When Trump claimed executive privilege on government data and employees after he left office? No one is being fooled by these crocodile tears.
If by “executive privilege” you mean exactly how every other administration operated, except for the failed Biden disaster, which for the first time in memory waived executive privilege in order to conduct illegal and unethical lawfare on political opponents? That kind of “executive privilege”?
Shut up and go away, you’re a joke.
Prosecuting someone for an attempted coup and refusing to return classified documents is legal and ethical.
Yes, I agree that it’s both legal and ethical to prosecute braindead, failed president Biden for his and Obama’s attempted coup against Trump. I also agree that braindead, failed president Biden should be prosecuted for stealing classified documents for decades, and illegally storing them where his crackhead son had easy access, so that they could sell our secrets. I’m glad that you agree with a prosecution of the Biden crime family, even if the crime boss is wasting away in Dementia-ville.
LOL. Give it up. Both are BS and you know it
^^^^^ people like this exist.
Ignore it and it will go away,
Prosecuting someone for an attempted coup and refusing to return classified documents is legal and ethical.
REFUSING to prosecute Obama/Biden and their DoJ/FBI crime cartel for their felonious “Trump-Russia Dossier”, used in an attempted coup to remove a political opponent to fix an election is both illegal and unethical. TEN YEARS AFTER – and not a single one of that crime cartel has been indicted for the serial felonies of perjury and uttering false documents they committed in Judge Boasberg’s FISA courts.
That said: Any similar observations on the decades of Biden Crime in elected office, while he first STOLE and then shared classified documents he had no right to have as a mere Senator?
Any observations on The White House Vegetable repeatedly claiming he had returned all the classified material he stole to the FBI – followed by the FBI finding more and more classified material left where the ChiComs had access to it?
Did that legal and ethical prosecution of The White House Vegetable actually take place at the hands of his personally chosen employee named to be his Special Prosecutor – who knew his job and future rested in Biden’s hands as he investigated his boss?
Or was that unindicted felon set free on work release parole, to go back to the White House where he shared the nuclear football with his most trusted advisor, The First Felon Bagman Son?
Is this the same “Congress” that Trump routinely refused to cooperate with? When Trump claimed executive privilege on government data and employees after he left office?
Is this the same “Congress” that INDICTED all those Trump administration officials, Bannon et al, claiming Trump COULD NOT claim executive privilege for them?
No it’s NOT, Bolshevik Biden Birthing Boy – how unfortunate for you that, once again, Soviet Democrats are once again hoisted on their own petard.
While not obligated to provide reports on the president’s health, once he did, he breached doctor-patient confidentiality. O’Connor then had a duty not to publish false and misleading information.
Further, if he’s afraid of self-incrimination, there must have been a crime. Let Trump’s DOJ investigate, indict, prosecute, and secure a conviction.
Hmmm !!!
Interesting logic with regard to the 5th amendment.
“Further, if he’s afraid of self-incrimination, there must have been a crime.”
“there must have been a crime” you say.
Trump invoked the 5th Amendment over 400 times during a deposition as part of a civil fraud investigation by the New York Attorney General Letitia James.
Clearly, “there must have been a crime”, as you correctly observe.
Attorneys tell clients to use the 5th if the attorney thinks the client will or may lie. Would you really be able to give testimony if F. Lee Bailey were questioning you? He’d be able to arrange a confession with a line of questions even if you’re innocent .
So you are saying that Trump’s attorneys told him to take the 5th, because they knew he would lie.
So what else is new.
Trump lies like normal people breathe.
So you are saying that Trump’s attorneys told him to take the 5th, because they knew he would lie.
Democrat Cheap Fake fraudulent moral equivalencies and cringeworthy deflecting… so what else is new?
So you’re saying that the lawyers for Biden’s business associate and medical quack told him to take the 5th because, just like Trump had to when being hunted by a police state fascist Attorney General who got elected by promising to “get Trump” if they would elect her, these senators ALSO got elected on promises that, if elected, they would abuse the powers of their office in the exact same way to take him out as Biden’s business partner and medical quack!
EXACT SAME THING!!! And…. BBBUUTTTTT…. MUH TRUMP!!!!!
Trump lies like normal people breathe.
The Bolshevik Biden Birthing Boyz claim it as Tranny Pride that they’re almost as good at Lyin’ Like A Biden as the Oval Office House Plant they have sworn permanent fealty to.
Perhaps the Good Professor could address the notion that the Doctor was employed by the Federal Government, paid by the Federal Government, conducted his duties as a Government employee and was charged with overseeing the fitness of the President (another government paid employee) as his primary duty.
In the US Military which has a similar setup….the Service Member has very limited say so or protection re privacy of records, results of treatment and diagnosis are the business of the military service in seniority of that of the individual service member.
The relationship of the White House Doctor to the President is not the same as if the President was using a private sector doctor.
As the Professor notes there are many ways the White House Doctor can be compelled to testify and should.
As we all know….but cannot prove at this time….the Doctor is up to his eyeballs in the coverup of Joe Biden’s being unsuited to serve as President and is just hoping to run out the clock in the hope the Democrats pull a giant rabbit out of a very small hat and win the House of Representatives in the Mid-Term. Welcome to the Democrat concept of fidelity to law, justice, and honor folks!
Also note the sloth like pace of Congress….as this is how the game is played in DC. Give the impression of actually doing something without really accomplishing anything. It is just a typical Kabuki Theater presentation with lots of noise and flashy headlines but no real substance.
Taking this to an extreme, what if we discover that Biden was asleep at the wheel back in 2022 and that he had nothing to do with the selection of Ketanji Jackson for SCOTUS. Could she be removed? I’d love to hear a reporter ask Biden to name his court pick because I think he has no idea.
The could grant him immunity and he would have to testify. Also, I would think the doctor patient privilege would be subject to a crime fraud exception.
The obvious fly in the ointment here is the 25th Amendment that was designed to address medical issues with which the incumbent POTUS agrees are disabling. The Amendment is weak, very weak, on what to do if and when the POTUS disagrees with the diagnosis. And the Amendment is completely silent when a POTUS refusing to step aside has allies like family, aids, and Dr. O’Connor willing to go along with the charade that poses a serious threat to the national security. For those who ask why now investigate this – consider the implications of the “football” carried by the military officer everywhere POTUS goes. That :”football” in the hands of an incompetent quarterback could end the season for all of us.
If I read the thing correctly, under the 25th the President can declare himself fit for duty after 21 days and resume the office. It’s not a permanent removal. Here is section 4 of the amendment itself:”Whenever the Vice President and a majority of either the principal officers of the executive departments or of such other body as Congress may by law provide, transmit to the President pro tempore of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives their written declaration that the President is unable to discharge the powers and duties of his office, the Vice President shall immediately assume the powers and duties of the office as Acting President.
Thereafter, when the President transmits to the President pro tempore of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives his written declaration that no inability exists, he shall resume the powers and duties of his office unless the Vice President and a majority of either the principal officers of the executive department or of such other body as Congress may by law provide, transmit within four days to the President pro tempore of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives their written declaration that the President is unable to discharge the powers and duties of his office. Thereupon Congress shall decide the issue, assembling within forty-eight hours for that purpose if not in session. If the Congress, within twenty-one days after receipt of the latter written declaration, or, if Congress is not in session, within twenty-one days after Congress is required to assemble, determines by two-thirds vote of both Houses that the President is unable to discharge the powers and duties of his office, the Vice President shall continue to discharge the same as Acting President; otherwise, the President shall resume the powers and duties of his office.”
Thus even if they had removed Biden it would have taken an act of Congress to make it permanent. That would never have happened.
Thanks CROGNALE. That process can remove the possibility of 2/3 vote of congress pulling a type of impeachment but it can also serve to keep an incompetent in office? 🤔
What was the reason Joe was kept in office?
Who is suspect here and possibly committed a crime? It can’t be joe because as Hur said, Joe is incompetent.
As a physician, I think Dr O’Conner’s refusal to talk is on weak ground. A medical licensing board in DC could receive a complaint of malpractice and/or fraud and would have to investigate. I have never heard of invoking the 5th amendment in a malpractice case. Fraud is a little different since it is criminal and malpractice is almost always civil. The hospital he works at ( GW University, Director of Executive Health) also has a standards committee and a complaint could be lodged there. They would also have to investigate but usually those meetings and investigations are confidential but they are often subject to opening under court orders if there is suspicion the hospital committee did not function in an unbiased or legal manner or if it had bearing on a malpractice cases. (Depends on the state).
In the real world outside of DC, if you refused to talk or explain yourself to a standards committee or board of a hospital or medical group (due to a complaint) you would likely be immediately suspended and/or fired until you did talk. Often that would result in litigation.
The Doctors have rights but in most situations patient safety, and this case, the health of the nation are paramount. The Pediatrician in Houston who made vile comments about the deaths in the Kerrville flood had 27 years of experience and practice and she was gone in a day. Medical Groups are exceptional sensitive to scandal.
As a physician your reputation is everything. If it’s soiled to any significant degree you are literally toast. Reputable Groups and Medical Centers will not associate with you or hire you and you end up basically practicing around the edges of the medical world.
Lastly his internet reviews are poor and difficult to find.
Give him Immunity and get the information. His reputation is hanging by a thread. I suspect his tenure at GW University may end in the not to distant future.
GEB,
Thank you for your perspective as a physician!
From what little reading I have done, the Physician to the President is a job given to those with a military commission. They are also the leader of a larger medical team.
His medical credentials, I would assume, would have to have been impeccable. in addition to writing down objective findings, one would think that these medical notes will also be entered into historical record.
This does not pass the “smell test.”
GEB,
Thank you for your insight and experience in the medical field and as a doctor.
I’m shocked the doctor never said anything to the Prez staff.
He’s not required to.
Doesn’t mean that he shouldn’t have told them. I mean, it’s only the President of the United States we’re talking about here, finger on the button of thousands of nuclear weapons. So what if he’s demented? An honorable person would have resigned in protest.
Anonymous 9:44 AM- Well said. He should have told the wife, staff and vice president. Then the 25th amendment kicks in.
“ I have never heard of invoking the 5th amendment in a malpractice case.”
But this is not a medical malpratice case. It’s a congressional investigation assuming medical malpractice occurred without anyone with standing to complain.
Nothing you said is relevant to what congress is doing.
There is no crime, or complaint of malpractice. It’s just congressmen seeking to shove their noses where they don’t belong purely for political scoring.
Turley doesn’t cite any law that makes it a crime to not mention the president’s mental health. The only way to broach the subject woudl have been to invoke the 25th amendment and that is still up to those who can invoke it and they are not obligated to unless it’s believe it’s necessary.
You’re right, doctors have rights and so do the patients. Which is why the doctor invoking his 5th amendment right to remain silent is correct. Congress has not reason to pry into the doctors or the patient’s records because they believe some crime was committed.
The recent Supreme court ruling makes compelling the doctor to divulge information against former president Biden a breach of his presidential immunity. Trump made the same argument for different reasons but the point is the same. The doctor was a member of the offical white house staff and his testimony cannot be used against Biden.
Where’d you copy and paste this one from, Georgina? Are there any original thoughts in your demented brain?
George: 9:48 AM – You obviously cannot read. So sad.
*. The physician is being accused of fraud and not Binden? Isn’t there usually a specific list of names being investigated for fraud? It can’t be another fishing investigation. This specific doctor is suspect?
There must be strict lines as to privileged communications as the public interest v. Any individual person and property is his own even in investigation. The doctor may be saying you’ll need to charge me first?
This doctor has compromised himself when he and Biden agreed to open his medical records when the doctor said he’s fine and fit.
I disagree with HIIPA because the principle is each person is safe in his person and his property. It pulls in Watergate as the plumbers sought medical records.
The principle cannot degrade nor infringed without due process. Charge him. It better be a rock solid case because a principle is being infringed.
Personal: hope that’s cogent and not too circular. The investigators here cannot degrade into plumbers by another name.
*. 😂 Biden not binding
It’s similar to Watergate. Medical records are like only your spouse. Doctors and lawyers are wives or husbands and can’t testify without express consent. Show me a law.
*. ^^^ my phone hates the name Biden ? Secure in person and property elected or common.
Plumbers
Doctors and lawyers are wives or husbands and can’t testify without express consent. Show me a law.
Here you go, Skippy: 90% of your homework done for you, free of charge. Can you handle the last 10% without further help:
1. The DC Court of Appeals has previously ruled that physicians can’t hide what they did and failed to do under “doctor/patient confidentiality” – only if in a court of law, which the Senate is not.
2. The AMA has already written in their Code Of Ethics that “doctor/patient confidentiality” is overwritten by a subpoena: Medical Ethics Opinion 9.7.1
3. Biden’s beard, this Democrat quack and Hunter Biden business associate, has spent the past FOUR YEARS VOLUNTARILY AND REPEATEDLY speaking about his patient’s medical condition, diseases, and medical history in public settings.
“Doctor/patient confidentiality” is not like a light switch, you turn it off and on depending whether doing so serves your intentions.
That’s why you plead the 5th Amendment – you know your medical subterfuge exemption will fail to protect you from your business enrichment coming from Biden business ventures.
I would think there’s enough prima facie evidence to vitiate the doctor-patient privilege on the crime-fraud principle. O’Conner repeatedly told the public via the media that his boss, President Biden, was fine and that he was not incapacitated when, in fact, he was non compos mentis. Congress or DOJ should immediately immunize O’Connor and remove the Fifth Amendment issue. I think it’s obvious that there was a conspiracy here, either between O’Connor and Biden or others, perhaps Biden’s aids, wife, and son. If O’Connor continues to refuse to testify, he should be held in contempt and sent to the DC jail. It should also trigger a grand jury investigation and a possible indictment for obstruction, conspiracy, and other crimes. As someone else has said, it’s not O’Connor that’s important here but his story that must be known and told ASAP. O’Connor’s lack of ethics (that he now wants to use as a shield) placed this nation in dire peril. No doubt our adversaries knew the condition of the President and took it into consideration to further weaken us and our allies. O’Connor, perhaps enamored by his position and power, misused both and now must come clean and accept the consequences.
jjc, I think the flaw in your reasoning is in the statement “in fact, he was non compos mentis”. That status is exactly what the hearings are designed to determine. Therefore, Biden has not “in fact” been determined mentally incompetent. Many of us believe he was. But, the reason for calling his physician is to get the physician’s expert and percipient opinion on the matter. A statement that the matter at hand has already been determined is conclusory and can’t be used to determine fraud has been proven.
Agree and disagree jjc, O’Connor would be guilty and chargeable. The principle is strict due process and other. The principle is Biden is safe and secure in his person and property as is everyone inviolable.
O’Connor and Biden compromised their position during other testimony. Whacky to think the public can inspect your home for dust with white gloves .
This defense of “physician patient privilege” does not hold water.
Dr. Kevin O’Connor was a federal employee at the time he was caring for Joe Biden in the capacity of ‘White House physician’. Alone, Biden’s diagnosis of metastatic prostate cancer suggests gross negligence and malpractice on the part of Dr. O’Connor. While Dr. O’Connor can certainly plead the 5th for any criminal activities, he can not use that defense to hide negligence and malpractice under the cover of “physician patient privilege”.
In caring for a POTUS, all Dr. O’Connor’s records, consultations and procedures are government records. Those records can be subjected to review for evidence of negligence and malpractice. Involvement of licensing boards in such a review is probably appropriate but after their performance in COVID the true value is questionable
Can any president’s physician be called before Congress and the president be required to waive all privilege? Or are you saying that the president has no patient/doctor privilege? Or does there have to be some independently proven basis for a fraud claim before privilege is waived? I understand the underlying politically driven desire to have Doctor O’Conner tell all, but we have to be careful not to throw out all norms and protections for transitory political gain.
There is no “privilege” for negligence and malpractice.
The current situation is not about “any president’s physician be called before Congress and the president be required to waive all privilege”, it is about a physician that has seemingly demonstrated negligence (the management of Biden’s prostate cancer) and medical malpractice. The concern over such negligence does not need to be limited to Biden’s prostate cancer. ANY other health issues managed by a physician demonstrating negligence can then be legitimately investigated to include the issue of possible dementia.
“Or are you saying that the president has no patient/doctor privilege?” Did I say that? Perhaps you should read the comment again. NO physician gets to hide behind the cover of “patient/doctor privilege” when negligence or malpractice is involved. If there is no suspicion of such activities such as negligence or malpractice, then the “patient/doctor privilege” is maintained.
“Or does there have to be some independently proven basis for a fraud claim before privilege is waived?” This is not about fraud, it is about negligence and malpractice. They are not the same thing. And in proving negligence and malpractice the circumstances are typically investigated by independent parties.
And the fact that you portray the current circumstances as “politically driven desire to have Doctor O’Conner tell all” is revealing in and of itself. Clearly, you are not a patient advocate.
garyesq2k2 posted:Can any president’s physician be called before Congress and the president be required to waive all privilege… we have to be careful not to throw out all norms and protections for transitory political gain.
What leads you to believe actual ‘doctor-patient privilege’ exists in this situation?
1. The DC Court of Appeals has previously ruled that physicians can’t hide what they did (and failed to do) under “doctor-patient privilege” – only if appearing in a court of law, which the Senate is not.
2. The AMA has already written in their Code Of Ethics that “doctor/patient confidentiality” is overwritten by a subpoena: Medical Ethics Opinion 9.7.1
3. Biden’s beard – this Democrat quack and long term Biden business associate – has spent the past FOUR YEARS VOLUNTARILY AND REPEATEDLY speaking about his patient’s medical condition, diseases, and medical history in public settings.
What norms and protections do you feel are endangered in this case, where this quack’s medical conduct are being examined?
“doctor-patient privilege” is not like a light switch, you get to turn it off and on depending whether doing so serves your intentions.
That’s why you plead the 5th Amendment – he and his lawyers already know their medical subterfuge exemption will fail to protect him from his business enrichment coming from Biden business ventures.
The Gov’t and Congress need to do what they can to expose the real truths about Biden health. Force the Doctor to tell everything and if he refuses the immunity through him in Jail, Biden DOJ to Bannon etc. Make sure its a hard-core Jail, Dr. O Connor does not look like he will survive more than a few weeks in a hard core jail before he will beg to testify.
Now that we have the reins of power are we no longer the side that preaches limited govt.?
Given this comment, little wonder you do not get the “patient/doctor privilege” bit. It would appear that to you this is all about politics. Hopefully, you or a family member will never suffer at the hands of a negligent or incompetent physician. Politics will not save you under those circumstances. Nor will “patient/doctor privilege”.
Turley is trying to argue a point that is legally weak. He suggests that keeping Biden’s health condition private is a crime, but he fails to cite any relevant law. This shows he’s merely supporting a baseless Republican investigation.
Congress cannot force a doctor to testify just because they want to, they need a valid reason. Congress members are not qualified to assess Biden’s mental capacity. They are looking for a distraction from Trump’s own mental issues and incoherent decisions.
Ronald Reagan had Alzheimer’s during his presidency, and his condition was kept under wraps until he left office. Similarly, Trump appears not to be in full control over his administration, as he often seems unaware of the content of the executive orders he signs until shortly before doing so.
Biden is no longer president. So what’s the point of having these investigations? Republicans are looking for an issue to use against Democrats for the upcoming midterms which will most certainly be difficult for Republicans since they will have the unenviable job of defending a deeply unpopular bill they just passed.
“Biden is no longer president. So what’s the point of having these investigations?”
The end goal is to rule that anything that was signed by the autopen is illegal, and then we can start to undo some of the tremendous damage that your party inflicted on the country and the world. Hang your head in shame for what you did.
“deeply unpopular bill”
Keep saying that Georgie, maybe some day even you’ll believe it, hahaha. You’re such a pathetic loser. You and your entire party. Don’t you have some ICE agents to shoot?
Shoe on the other foot. The same reasoning would then apply to the current President of the United States if he were to become incapacitated.
It is a tricky area.
The problem, of course, is how it can be decided the Prez is incapacitated. Physical incapacitation is relatively easily determined. Mental incapacitation is trickier. Who would decide that the current Prez is mentally incapacitated and that his physician must then lay bare every detail of all treatment provided?
“Mental incapacitation is trickier. Who would decide that the current Prez is mentally incapacitated and that his physician must then lay bare every detail of all treatment provided?” Does not work that way, bud. Read the 25th Amendment. There is no mention at all about the president’s physician.
Why are you so hell bent on covering for this clown O’Connor?
george
Turley is trying to argue a point that is legally weak.
So now george is a lawyer too.
Wrong george.
Ronald Reagan was officially diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease in 1994, five years after he left office
. He publicly announced his diagnosis in a letter to the American people on November 5, 1994.
While his diagnosis came after his presidency, there has been speculation and debate about whether he experienced early signs of cognitive decline while in office.
The left never had enough proof. ( speculation ) and nothing more.
Just keep lying gorgie boy
Georgie is always wrong, but never in doubt. It’s the usual dangerous combination of the left. She needs to learn some humility, then maybe she’ll get closer to truth.
“Similarly, Trump appears not to be in full control over his administration, as he often seems unaware of the content of the executive orders he signs until shortly before doing so.”
I have not seen this.
Nobody has seen this, not even Georgie. She’s trying to deflect from the unmitigated disaster that was the failed Biden regime, when there was a president in name only, who had absolutely no freaking clue what was going on, or what his autopen was being used to sign. You know, the real scandal, the whole purpose of Prof Turley’s original post.
I have a nick name for George. Mr. Know It All. I can recall that George presented himself as on expert on MS13 tattoos that a criminal wife beater had on his hand. Pick a subject, any subject, and you can rest assured that George will declared himself an expert no matter what it is. The great Mr. Know It All knows it all. A question on the law? A medical question? A lap top question? A millions paid to Hunter Biden by China question? A child porn question? Do you want to know the answer? If so, George is your go to guy.
Peter Navarro served significant time for a double standard application of Presidential immunity, just one of Biden’s horrific abuses of law. The gloves should be off now. These Communist Dems will push everything to the absolute limit, as nothing about this country is sacred to them, so they must be met with equal force.
Don’t forget Roger Stone, they even did an amphibious landing for his pre-dawn raid. I wonder how stupid those agents have to feel now, having participated in such obvious political stunts. Let’s hope none of them are employed now, since they obviously have no honor.
Turley has apparently missed a related development. An organization named “Protect the Public’s Trust” has filed a complaint against O’Connor. Part of their argument seems to be that O’Connor has either failed a duty to accurately inform the public (whether directly, or through Congress) of the impaired condition of the President, or has failed his professional duty to his patient (Biden) by avoiding or delaying treatment for a life-threatening illness. If the group’s complaint is actually accepted and investigated (I have no information on how tainted a professional medical board in DC is likely to be, but have my suspicions), this could get interesting.
Watchdog files misconduct complaint against Biden’s doctor over cancer diagnosis
https://justthenews.com/accountability/watchdogs/watchdog-files-misconduct-complaint-against-bidens-doctor-over-cancer
““Either he failed to meet the minimum standard of care owed President Biden and the American public by not detecting a cancer that likely developed under his watch (or that had developed previously, in which case he should also have detected it), or he submitted a false report as a part of his official duties,” reads the complaint submitted to the Washington, D.C. Board of Medicine.”
Anonymous 7:48AM-That’s great news. I would heartily support that approach. This should apply to all presidents and their physicians. The medical review is not the rubber stamp. Eisenhower and LBJ had heart attacks, Wilson had a stroke and FDR developed Congestive heart Failure due to severe hypertension (likely had a heart attack) and should never have run for president in 1944 because of his health. In truth there was no effective treatment for FDR’s hypertension but his commend of the office in 1944 and 1945 was tenuous at times because of his condition.
let me know when a DEMOCRAT goes to jail for THEIR CRIMES?
The Russian Hoax 30 people should have gone to jail….
The Bidens crime racket, 50 people should have gone to jail…
Help Illegals invade the USA….10,000’s of DEMOCRATS should go to jail…
Covid 100’s to jail
The lawfare against Trump 100’s to jail
etc
What crimes were committed?
Anthony Wiener, Rod Blagoevich, Bob Menendez … it happens
Did you really think he would tell the truth.
I wonder what his bank account looks like
“I wonder what his bank account looks like”
He had better hope it is robust. By the time this scandal has faded, I suspect his career as a physician will (rightly) be less than lucrative.
Normally I am apt to lean towards the attitude of “past history, let’s move on”. But this is not petty. This is about possibly people other than an elected President, being in full control of our national security and thousands of other responsibilities. This country has one foot in the grave and another on a banana peel. God has thrown us a life line with Trump- let’s see what we do with it.
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“this is not petty…”
Agreed, Furthermore, this impacts a $h1t ton of decisions, orders, and pardons enacted in Biden’s name of which he may not have even been aware. O’Connor’s testimony could provide grounds for overturning some or all of those actions.
Maybe the true test is his bank account; how much has it increased over the past year?
It seems Dr. Kevin O’Connor functioned as a shadow Presidential physician. O’Conner was selected for his flexible medical morality, while real doctors unknown to us did the real evaluations. Of course, there cannot be a call or subpoena for these doctors, being unknown, to testify. All this is very similar to Biden’s cabinet appointments, people with flexible morals willing to take orders from “higher up.” He is a cleverly created diversionary target.
“Of course, there cannot be a call or subpoena for these doctors, being unknown, to testify.”
So what? It would appear that O’Connor could be compelled to identify those physicians by the same means as he could be compelled to testify about services that he personally rendered. Those physicians could then be compelled to testify, should they attempt to refuse on the same bogus grounds.
“this is not petty…”
Agreed, Furthermore, this impacts a $h1t ton of decisions, orders, and pardons enacted in Biden’s name of which he may not have even been aware. O’Connor’s testimony could provide grounds for overturning some or all of those actions.
I would be in favor of legislation that requires a President-elect to sign a conditional waiver of confidentiality rights regarding his or her physical, mental, and/or emotional condition for the duration of term before being sworn in. Hopefully this could be enacted without a Constitutional amendment, but I am not 100% certain of that.
No one will be able to plead the fifth here!:
Matthew 12:36 And I say unto you, that every idle word that men shall speak, they shall give account thereof in the day of judgment.
Revelation 20:12 And I saw the dead, the great and the small, standing before the throne; and books were opened: and another book was opened, which is the book of life: and the dead were judged out of the things which were written in the books, according to their works.
https://sumofthyword.com/2017/01/19/him-crucified/
Wackjob!