GOP Oversight Committee Sends Request To DC Board Of Medicine

By
Mark Stevens
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The question of who is really fit to serve as Commander-in-Chief has now taken a sharp and unprecedented turn — not just toward the Oval Office, but to the exam room. On Tuesday, the House Oversight Committee formally asked the Washington, D.C., Board of Medicine to review and potentially revoke the medical license of President Joe Biden’s longtime physician, Dr. Kevin O’Connor. The Committee’s charge? That O’Connor may have deliberately concealed the president’s cognitive and physical decline from the public, a deception they argue undermined not just medical ethics but the foundations of democratic accountability.

The letter, signed by Chairman James Comer, doesn’t mince words. It accuses Dr. O’Connor of misleading the American people, possibly for political or personal loyalty, and cites his refusal to answer basic questions under oath as further cause for concern. During his deposition, O’Connor repeatedly invoked the Fifth Amendment — a physician, not a political operative — declining to confirm whether he had ever been asked to lie about the president’s condition or whether he believed Biden was medically fit to perform the duties of the presidency.


This request from the Oversight Committee follows its explosive report, The Biden Autopen Presidency: Decline, Delusion, and Deception in the White House, a document based on over a dozen interviews with senior Biden aides. The findings paint a portrait not of a fully active and engaged president, but of an increasingly frail figure whose handlers not only concealed his health issues but took administrative actions on his behalf — in some cases, reportedly without his direct involvement or approval. Central to the report is the use of the autopen to sign executive orders and pardons, a practice that now faces renewed scrutiny amid questions about Biden’s actual awareness and consent.

Among the more troubling revelations was the claim that a Parkinson’s specialist visited the White House multiple times over the course of eight months — a detail the administration has pointedly refused to explain. According to reports cited in the letter, White House aides began quietly adjusting the president’s daily schedule to reduce the risk of falls: shortening walking routes, using handrails, replacing dress shoes with sneakers — and relying heavily on teleprompters even in intimate, off-camera settings.


The House Oversight Committee argues that Dr. O’Connor, who maintained close professional and personal ties with Biden, failed in his duty to the public. “Whether that was due to President Biden being a long-time patient, a friend, a business partner, or simply to help President Biden get reelected,” the letter states, “the American public will likely never know unless the board of medicine does a proper, extensive investigation and review.”

This isn’t simply about a doctor’s professional conduct. It’s about trust in the presidency itself. If the person holding the nuclear codes is struggling with basic mobility or cognitive function — and if those closest to him are orchestrating a cover-up — the implications are vast.


Former Obama White House physician Dr. Jeffrey Kuhlman, as well as current Texas Congressman and ex-Trump physician Ronny Jackson, have long called for routine cognitive assessments for sitting presidents. Given Biden’s age — now well into his 80s — and the mounting evidence that aides were shielding him from unscripted moments, the Committee contends the need for transparency has never been greater.

And yet, the person tasked with providing that transparency — Dr. O’Connor — has chosen silence. His defense, rooted in the Fifth Amendment and physician-patient privilege, may be legally defensible, but it leaves a political and ethical vacuum at the heart of the Biden administration’s health narrative.

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