{"id":2290186,"date":"2024-07-07T14:29:02","date_gmt":"2024-07-07T18:29:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/comer-investigating-bidens-doctor-after-concerning-debate-performance-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2024-07-07T14:32:02","modified_gmt":"2024-07-07T18:32:02","slug":"comer-investigating-bidens-doctor-after-concerning-debate-performance-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/comer-investigating-bidens-doctor-after-concerning-debate-performance-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Comer investigating Biden\u2019s doctor after \u2018concerning\u2019 debate performance &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fcomer-investigating-bidens-doctor-after-concerning-debate-performance-washington-examiner%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2290186&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>House Oversight Committee \u200dChairman James Comer\u200b is investigating President Biden&#8217;s personal physician, Dr. Kevin O&#8217;Connor, following concerns about the president&#8217;s age and mental acuity. Comer has requested an interview\u200c with O&#8217;Connor and information about his alleged involvement in a defunct healthcare company tied to Biden&#8217;s \u2064brother. The committee is also looking into O&#8217;Connor&#8217;s medical assessments and \u200ctheir potential influence \u200dby his business endeavors with the Biden family. Last year, James Biden was paid $600,000 by the bankrupt healthcare company Americore. \u200bThe committee is\u200c requesting documents and communications related to Americore and James Biden. The White \u200dHouse has\u200b not been clear about Biden&#8217;s recent checkups, further\u200b raising concerns. Comer aims to have a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/psaki-agrees-to-interview-on-afghan-withdrawal-but-may-still-face-subpoena-house-chairman-says\/\" title=\"Psaki to Discuss Afghan Withdrawal in Interview, House Chairman Warns of Possible Subpoena\">transcribed interview scheduled<\/a> by July 14.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><br \/>\n<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\"><br \/>\n<?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><html><body><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon 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class=\"tdb-author-by\">By<\/span> <a class=\"tdb-author-name\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/author\/jack-birle\/\">Jack Birle<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><time class=\"entry-date updated td-module-date\" datetime=\"2024-07-07T14:26:56-04:00\">July 7, 2024 2:26 pm<\/time><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_1695980\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>House Oversight Committee Chairman <a href=\"https:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/james-comer\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"James Comer\">James Comer<\/a> (R-KY) is seeking an interview with President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/joe-biden\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Joe Biden\">Joe Biden<\/a>\u2018s personal <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3071943\/what-to-know-about-bidens-white-house-doctor\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"physician\">physician<\/a>, Dr. Kevin O\u2019Connor, after concerns have mounted about the president\u2019s age and mental acuity since the Atlanta presidential debate last month.<\/p>\n<p>Comer, in a letter obtained by the <em>Washington Examiner<\/em>, is requesting an interview with O\u2019Connor and information about the physician\u2019s alleged involvement in a defunct healthcare company tied to Biden\u2019s brother James Biden.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAfter a concerning debate performance by President Biden against former President Donald Trump on June 27, journalists have rushed to report on what Americans have seen plainly for years: the President appears unwell,\u201d Comer wrote in the letter to O\u2019Connor.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAmericans question President Biden\u2019s ability to lead the country, and the Committee on Oversight and Accountability is investigating circumstances surrounding your assessment in February of this year that \u2018President Biden is a healthy, active, robust 81-year-old-male, who remains fit to successfully execute the duties of the Presidency,&#8217;\u201d Comer added.<\/p>\n<p>The committee chairman also told O\u2019Connor that he is \u201cconcerned your medical assessments have been influenced by your private business endeavors with the Biden family,\u201d discussing the Biden family\u2019s past involvement with now-bankrupt healthcare company Americore.<\/p>\n<p>Last year, a bankruptcy trustee <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/2642462\/james-biden-received-600000-after-promising-political-favors-witness-testifies\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"testified\">testified<\/a> to the committee that James Biden, the president\u2019s brother, was paid $600,000 from Americore to allow the company to use the Biden last name to acquire funding from the Middle East. As part of investigating into the Biden family and their <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/watch-ohio-gop-senate-candidates-get-heated-have-to-be-separated-in-viral-clip\/\" title=\"WATCH: Ohio GOP Senate Candidates Get Heated, Have To Be Separated In Viral Clip\">alleged business dealings<\/a>, Comer has requested O\u2019Connor \u201cproduce all documents and communications in your possession regarding Americore and James Biden.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>The committee is also seeking to have a transcribed interview with House Oversight Committee counsel scheduled by July 14.<\/p>\n<p>The White House had been unclear about what checkups Biden may have had after his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/why-mcconnell-isnt-expecting-the-gop-to-retake-the-senate\/\" title=\"Why McConnell Isn\u2019t Expecting the GOP to Retake the Senate\">disastrous debate performance<\/a> last month only heightened concerns over his age and acuity, but on Thursday <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/presidential\/3070353\/biden-examined-doctors-debate-white-house-denials\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"confirmed\">confirmed<\/a> that Biden had a check up after the debate. <\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Biden campaign announced during the debate the president had been battling a cold.<\/p>\n<p>The House Oversight Committee\u2019s request comes a day after <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/presidential\/3071976\/bidens-physician-met-top-parkinsons-disease-specialist\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>reports circulated<\/a> about White House visitor logs showed Parkinson\u2019s disease expert Dr. Kevin Cannard of the Walter Reed Medical Center met with O\u2019Connor and two others at the White House residence clinic on Jan. 17, and has appeared in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/top-parkinsons-disease-specialist-visited-white-house-10-times-since-2022-visitor-logs-washington-examiner\/\" title=\"Top Parkinson\u2019s disease specialist visited White House 10 times since 2022: Visitor logs - Washington Examiner\">visitor logs 10 times<\/a> since Nov. 15, 2022.<\/p>\n<p><em>Ashley Oliver contributed to this report.<\/em><\/p>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_1695980\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1695980\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><a class=\"tdb-logo-a\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" title=\"Washington Examiner\"><span class=\"tdb-logo-img-wrap\"><\/span><span class=\"tdb-logo-text-wrap\"><span class=\"tdb-logo-text-title\">Washington Examiner<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<p><\/body><\/html><\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer is investigating President Biden&#8217;s personal physician, Dr. Kevin O&#8217;Connor, following concerns about the president&#8217;s age and mental acuity after a debate performance. Comer is requesting an interview with O&#8217;Connor and information about his alleged involvement in a healthcare company linked to Biden&#8217;s brother. The committee is also seeking documents related to the Biden family&#8217;s business dealings. The White House confirmed that Biden had a check-up after the debate, and reports have surfaced about meetings between O&#8217;Connor and a Parkinson&#8217;s disease expert<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2638,"featured_media":2290187,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/james-comer-biden-house-july-2024.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[3620,7734,32337,4312,4055],"class_list":["post-2290186","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-biden","tag-comer","tag-debate-performance","tag-doctor","tag-investigating"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/james-comer-biden-house-july-2024.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2290186","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2638"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2290186"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2290186\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2290187"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2290186"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2290186"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2290186"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}