Hakeem Jeffries calls for House Oversight to launch congressional investigation into Trump’s health

WASHINGTON, DC: House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries on Friday, January 2, called for House Oversight Committee chair James Comer to launch a congressional investigation into President Donald Trump’s health.

Jeffries, who appeared in an interview with independent journalist Aaron Parnas, said that Comer initiated investigations into former President Joe Biden’s fitness for office and Autopen use.

Hakeem Jeffries says, 'We don’t work for Donald Trump'

During the interview, Aaron Parnas asked whether Democrats might launch a probe into Trump’s health if they win big in the midterms.

"I don’t believe that this is something that should wait until the American people give Democrats the majority in the aftermath of the November election later on this year," Jeffries answered.

He added, "I think it’s something that James Comer, if he’s actually being honest about Congress being a separate and coequal branch of government. We don’t work for Donald Trump. We don’t work for JD Vance." 

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) speaks during a news conference at the US Capitol on June 14, 2024, in Washington, DC (Kent Nishimura/Getty Images)

"We don’t work for their billionaire donors. We work for the American people, and Congress, in its role as a separate and co-equal branch of government, should make sure that the administration comes clean as it relates to the president’s ability to do his job at the level that the American people deserve," Jeffries said.

The request comes after reporting by The Wall Street Journal, amid an ongoing swirl of speculation about Trump's health, which cited signs of aging and described internal concerns, including claims about the POTUS' aspirin intake, diet, and lack of sleep.

Trump took to Truth Social on Friday and mentioned that his doctors declared he’s in perfect health and for the 'third straight time' passed his cognitive exam.

Doctor slams Trump’s aspirin routine as ‘nonsense’

A leading cardiologist questioned Donald Trump’s self-prescribed aspirin routine, and called the President's reasoning 'nonsense' and disputing the idea that his high-dose daily regimen thins his blood.

Trump, in a recent interview, revealed that he takes aspirin every day because he believes that it prevents thick blood.

Following this, Jonathan Reiner, CNN’s medical analyst and Dick Cheney’s former heart doctor, said Trump’s theory that aspirin prevents him from having 'thick' blood makes no sense, and asked why Trump doesn’t take his own doctors’ advice to pop a lower dosage.

Reiner told CNN’s The Lead, "That makes no sense,. That actually makes nonsense." He added that using aspirin to thin blood is 'not like changing something from gumbo to chicken soup'"

Reiner said, "It doesn’t make it thinner. It makes you less likely to clot." 

He mentioned that the dosage that cardiologists typically prescribe to patients, even those with coronary artery disease, is 81 milligrams per day, which is less than a quarter of the amount Trump consumes.

Meanwhile, Trump told the outlet, "They’d rather have me take the smaller one. I take the larger one, but I’ve done it for years, and what it does do is it causes bruising."