Former President Joe Biden's White House physician on Wednesday declined to answer questions during a closed-door deposition with the House Oversight Committee, invoking his Fifth Amendment right as the Republican-led panel pushes forward in its probe of Biden's mental fitness and alleged decline.
While Dr. Kevin O'Connor appeared on Capitol Hill Wednesday, his attorneys said he "respectfully declined to answer any questions" from the panel, which had refused to limit the scope of the interview – imperiling, they said, his physician-patient privilege.
"Revealing confidential patient information would violate the most fundamental ethical duty of a physician, could result in revocation of Dr. O'Connor's medical license, and would subject Dr. O'Connor to potential civil liability. Dr. O'Connor will not violate his oath of confidentiality to any of his patients, including President Biden," O'Connor's attorneys said in a statement on his behalf.
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