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June 23, 2025
Politics

Biden’s White House Doctor to Testify in Mental Health Probe.

PULSE POINTS

❓WHAT HAPPENED: Dr. Kevin O’Connor, former White House physician to Joe Biden, will testify before the House Oversight Committee after being subpoenaed.

👤WHO WAS INVOLVED: Dr. Kevin O’Connor, Rep. James Comer (R-KY), Neera Tanden, Anthony Bernal, Ashley Williams, Annie Tomasini, and the House Oversight Committee.

📍WHEN & WHERE: Scheduled for July 9 before the House Oversight Committee.

🎯IMPACT: The investigation seeks to determine whether Biden’s cognitive decline influenced decision-making in his administration.

IN FULL

Dr. Kevin O’Connor, the former White House physician who treated then-President Joe Biden, is set to appear for a deposition before the House Oversight Committee on July 9. This was confirmed by a source familiar with the committee’s schedule. O’Connor agreed to testify following a subpoena issued by Rep. James Comer (R-KY), the committee’s chairman.

Comer is leading an investigation into allegations that Democrat staffers in the White House worked to cover up Biden’s cognitive decline while in office. The inquiry also focuses on Biden’s use of an autopen for official government business.

The Department of Justice (DOJ) previously ruled in 2005 that autopen use is legal, and a federal appeals court upheld this in 2024. However, questions have arisen as to whether Biden was aware of certain orders being signed via autopen in his name. Notably, House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) has publicly spoken about an incident where the octogenarian Democrat appeared unaware that he had issued an executive order halting liquid natural gas exports.

In addition to O’Connor, the Oversight Committee has scheduled interviews with former Biden White House aides Neera Tanden, Anthony Bernal, Ashley Williams, and Annie Tomasini. Unlike O’Connor, these aides agreed to interviews without being subpoenaed.

A former Biden official, speaking anonymously with the media, denied allegations that decisions were made without Biden’s involvement, stating: “Any accusation that President Biden was not making decisions is false. President Biden made the decisions about the pardons and the executive orders he issued, and the legislation he signed into law.”

The Republican-led Senate Judiciary Committee has also shown interest in Biden’s mental fitness. Its first public hearing on the matter did not include witnesses with direct knowledge of Biden’s decision-making process.

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December 5, 2024
News

WATCH: Trump Assassination Hearing Devolves Into Screaming Match with Secret Service Chief.

A U.S. House of Representatives hearing devolved into chaos on Thursday as a shouting match broke out between U.S. Secret Service (USSS) Acting Director Ronald Rowe Jr. and Congressman Pat Fallon (R-TX). The Capitol Hill hearing was held by the Task Force on the Attempted Assassination of Donald J. Trump as part of its ongoing investigation into the attempt on the now-President-elect’s life during a July rally in Butler, Pennsylvania.

The Texas Congressman blasted the USSS’s handling of security measures, expressing strong disapproval of the agency’s performance that allowed attackers to target Trump on two separate occasions. Fallon singled out Rowe’s presence alongside President Joe Biden as a dignitary—rather than as the Special Agent in Charge (SAC) overseeing security—during the 9/11 memorial event in New York City in September as an example of the agency’s misplaced priorities.

SHOUTING MATCH.

“Actually, let me address this,” Rowe said with an indignant tone—demanding Fallonw’s staff not remove the photo of the 9/11 memorial dignitaries. The acting USSS director continued: “Actually, Congressman, what you’re not seeing is the SAC of the detail off, out of the picture’s view. And that is the day that we remember the more than 3,000 people that have died on 9/11.”

Rowe continued, telling Fallon that he was a Ground Zero responder in what the Congressman took to be an attempt to stonewall his line of inquiry. “I’m not asking you that,” Fallon began before being interrupted by Rowe, who shouted: “I was there, Congressman! I was there!” Rowe, still shouting, demanded the Texas Republican show respect for the members of the USSS who died on 9/11.

“Oh, you’re trying to be,” Fallon said before Rowe—still shouting—again interrupted: “Do not invoke 9/11 for political purposes!”

“No, I’m not,” Fallon shot back, pointing at Rowe. “You are, sir!” Rowe shouted in response, with the Congressman pushing back: “Don’t try to bully me!”

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A U.S. House of Representatives hearing devolved into chaos on Thursday as a shouting match broke out between U.S. Secret Service (USSS) Acting Director Ronald Rowe Jr. and Congressman Pat Fallon (R-TX). The Capitol Hill hearing was held by the Task Force on the Attempted Assassination of Donald J. Trump as part of its ongoing investigation into the attempt on the now-President-elect's life during a July rally in Butler, Pennsylvania. show more