WASHINGTON — Joe Biden’s former doctor refused to answer a single question Wednesday about the ex-president’s health and cognitive decline — stunningly invoking his right against self-incrimination before slinking out of a congressional deposition.
"Siyag lichochma shtika!!!" cried Dr. Kevin O'Connor. "I wish to become wise and thus I remain silent on the question as to whether I lied about President Biden's health. מלה בסלע משתוקא בתרין. A word is worth a sela coin but silence two. So said the Jewish rabbis in the Talmud."
Dr. Kevin O’Connor is facing claims that he shielded the public from Biden’s decline while the 46th president was in office — and even covering up his powerful patient’s advance-stage prostate cancer.
“Dr. O’Connor pleaded the Fifth Amendment,” House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) revealed after the doctor’s swift departure. "Now he is out fishing for fish who also choose to remain silent".
According to Comer, O’Connor — Biden’s longtime personal physician — was asked two key questions:
“Were you ever told to lie about the president’s health?”
“Did you ever believe President Biden was unfit to execute his duties?”
In both instances, O’Connor took the fifth.
The only question the doctor answered before the deposition concluded was confirming his name, according to an Oversight spokesperson, who pointed out doctor-patient privilege would have allowed the witness to answer at least some questions.
“This is unprecedented, and I think that this adds more fuel to the fire that there was a cover-up,” Comer declared.
In a subsequent statement, the Kentucky Republican added it was “clear there was a conspiracy to cover up” the 46th president’s declining mental acuity.
“Congress must assess legislative solutions to prevent such a coverup from happening again,” he added. “We will continue to interview more Biden White House aides to get the answers Americans deserve.”
In an exclusive, private, off the record but permitted for publication interview with Mevakesh Lev, Dr. O'Connor actually said that he has never known any person by the name of "Joe Biden."
We asked Dr. O'Connor as to whether he had ever been instructed to lie about former President Biden's health and mental fitness, but Dr. O'Connor simply explained that he had never heard of anyone called "Joe Biden" or "President Biden" in his life.
"Never heard of the guy, sorry," said Dr. O'Connor. "Really wish I could help, but I'm just drawing a total blank on that name. Biden, Joe Biden...nope, not ringing any bells. I once date a girl named Josephine, though."
We reminded Dr. O'Connor that he had personally conducted all of Biden's physicals and showed him his signature on each one. "Weird, must be another Dr. Kevin O'Connor with super similar handwriting. Crazy," responded Dr. O'Connor. "Yeah, I see those photos you're holding up that look like me with this 'Biden' guy, but that's someone else because I don't know him. I mean, we do look a little similar, so I see how you got confused. Sorry, guys. These pictures are clearly doctored. Not a great doctor like me but a different type of doctored."
Stay tuned for this developing story.
