Overview

• The House Oversight Committee refused Dr. Kevin O’Connor’s bid to push his deposition to late July or early August over doctor–patient confidentiality concerns.
• Committee rules require O’Connor to appear this week and allow him to assert privilege question by question with Chair Comer adjudicating disputes.
• President Trump formally waived executive privilege for O’Connor’s communications, enabling the committee to examine his assessment of Biden’s mental fitness and autopen use.
• O’Connor’s lawyer warned that compelled testimony without protections could breach medical ethics and expose the physician to potential loss of his license.
• Republicans are probing whether Biden was incapacitated at times during his term and if autopen signatures invalidated official policies—claims the president has labeled “ridiculous and false.”