Overview

• Dr. Kevin O’Connor declined to answer any questions in a closed-door July 9 deposition, citing both physician-patient confidentiality and an ongoing Justice Department criminal investigation
• House Oversight Committee Chair James Comer accused O’Connor’s silence of exposing a coordinated effort to conceal President Biden’s cognitive health from Congress
• Sen. Mike Lee has urged the committee to grant O’Connor immunity to eliminate his reliance on the Fifth Amendment and secure his cooperation
• The panel has lined up former Oval Office operations deputy Ashley Williams for a transcribed interview on July 11 and is scheduling further depositions to test cover-up allegations
• Lawmakers are also investigating whether the presidential autopen was used to sign official documents without Biden’s direct approval and plan additional subpoenas to trace its deployment