Close links between Joe Biden's physician and the first family called into question by Republicans who insist president receives glowing health bill and NEVER a cognitive test

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  • 'Only group successful D.C. ... who want Joe Biden to enactment successful nan title are Biden family and his physician,' said Comer 
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By Morgan Phillips, Congress Reporter On Capitol Hill For Dailymail.Com

Published: 12:02 EDT, 9 July 2024 | Updated: 12:15 EDT, 9 July 2024

Republicans are intent connected hauling successful President Biden's expert who is now caught up successful nan ungraded complete his intelligence decline. 

'The only group successful Washington, D.C. — different than Donald Trump — who want Joe Biden to enactment successful nan title are nan Biden family and his physician,' Oversight Chairman James Comer said Tuesday. 

'What do they person successful common? They were progressive successful nan Biden power peddling scheme.' 

Dr. Kevin O'Connor is simply a adjacent friend of nan Biden family and was progressive successful his relative James' business ventures pinch now-defunct Americore Health. 

On Monday visitant logs revealed a Parkinson's master had visited nan White House 8 times from July 2023 to March of this year. 

The expert, Dr. Kevin Cannard, met pinch O'Connor connected astatine slightest 1 occasion. 

O'Connor has many times insisted nan president is successful bully wellness and earlier this twelvemonth denied a Parkinson's diagnosis. Biden has often touted his doctor's optimistic appraisal of his health. 

Republicans are intent connected hauling successful President Biden's expert who is now caught up successful nan ungraded complete his intelligence decline

O'Connor said Cannard had seen Biden 3 times successful nan 3 and a half years of his presidency and implied nan different visits were related to different White House personnel. 

'Prior to nan pandemic, and pursuing its end, he has held regular neurology clinics astatine nan White House Medical Clinic successful support of nan thousands of active-duty members assigned successful support of White House operation.'

O'Connor besides made business introductions betwixt James, who was exploring a business task that would request Veterans Affairs contracts, and a military-focused aesculapian team. The expert accompanied James to a gathering pinch a infirmary president, Politico reported. 

James, who served arsenic principal, sent $200,000 to President Biden while nan institution was experiencing financial distress successful March 2018. The cheque was marked arsenic indebtedness repayment. 

A February memo from O'Connor to White House property caput Karine Jean-Pierre said a neurologic exam had revealed nary findings of Parkinson's aliases different neurological disorders. 

Comer said he had plans to inquire O'Connor astir nan 'glowing measure of health' he'd fixed nan president successful February. 'We besides wonderment why Joe Biden has ne'er been fixed a cognitive test.' 

O'Connor besides served arsenic Biden's expert erstwhile he was vice president. A twelvemonth aft Biden near nan vice presidency O'Connor emailed much than a twelve members of nan family and said: 'You’ve each been a really important portion of my life.'

In 2018 deposition James' woman Sarah described O'Connor arsenic a 'friend' who would often dole retired aesculapian proposal for her family. 

Testimony from O'Connor could beryllium severely restrained by HIPAA, which forbids doctors from revealing aesculapian accusation that a diligent wants to support secret, moreover if that diligent is simply a nationalist servant. 

Comer told DailyMail.com that he'd springiness O'Connor immoderate clip to respond to his petition for grounds earlier considering a lawsuit for nan doctor. 

Speaker Mike Johnson said he was supportive of hauling successful O'Connor earlier Congress.  

'The American group they want to cognize if this has so been a screen up each nan measurement to nan top.' 

Biden and O'Connor image successful 2017 

Jean-Pierre repeatedly insisted during a property convention past week that Biden had not been to nan expert to return a intelligence acuity test, which contradicted nan president's ain statements during a gathering pinch governors past week wherever he said he saw his expert aft nan statement and they wished everything was fine.

Biden denies that he has immoderate agelong word intelligence issues and said successful his first post-debate TV question and reply location are 'no indications of immoderate superior condition.'

Speaking pinch ABC's George Stephanopoulos connected Friday, Biden many times rejected nan thought of taking an independent aesculapian information that would show voters he is up for serving different term.

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