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FIRST ON FOX: The White House is waiving executive privilege for a key member of former President Joe Biden’s inner circle, Fox News Digital has learned.
Former White House physician Kevin O’Connor was set to testify this week in House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer’s probe into allegations that Biden’s senior aides covered up his mental and physical decline while president.
“In light of the unique and extraordinaty nature of the matters under investigation, President Trump has determined that an assertion of executive privilege is not in the national interest, and therefore is not justified, with respect to particular subjects within the purview of the House Oversight Committee,” a letter to O’Connor sent by the White House, obtained by Fox News Digital by a source familiar, said.
Fox News Digital reached out to O’Connor’s lawyers for comment.
Former President Joe Biden listens during a visit to the D.C. Emergency Operations Center, on Tuesday, July 2, in Washington. (AP/Evan Vucci)
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