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International Business Times UK
International Business Times UK
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Dani Oh

Why Did Trump Need 22 Doctors? Rep. Jamie Raskin Demands Answers on President's Health

A Democratic congressman is demanding to know why it took 22 medical specialists to declare Donald Trump in excellent health, the latest flashpoint in a months-long debate over the president's transparency on his physical condition. Rep. Jamie Raskin, the top Democrat on the House Judiciary Committee, wrote to White House physician Captain Sean Barbabella on Thursday demanding a complete list of the president's medications, the names of the nearly two dozen doctors involved in Trump's most recent physical, and the full results of that examination.

The demand follows repeated public incidents that have fuelled widespread speculation about Trump's health, which the White House has consistently dismissed.

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