Hakeem Jeffries Calls for Investigation Into Trump Health

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Source: Newsweek

Jan 02, 2026 at 02:27 PM EST


House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, a New York Democrat, voiced support for a congressional investigation into the health of President Donald Trump. Newsweek reached out to the White House for comment via email.

Why It Matters

Trump, who is 79, was the oldest person to become president when he returned to office last January, and while he maintains that he's in perfect health, questions have emerged about his age. A new report from The Wall Street Journal highlighted several of his alleged signs of age, including delicate skin and difficulty hearing.
What To Know

Jeffries, a staunch Trump critic who could become the next House speaker if Democrats retake control of Congress in the November midterm elections, was asked about whether there should be investigations into Trump’s health during an interview with Aaron Parnas. Parnas posted a clip of the interview to X on Friday.

Jeffries said the White House is “definitively” not being transparent about Trump’s health and that Representative James Comer, the Kentucky Republican who leads the House Oversight Committee, needs to “answer for” questions about an investigation. “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,” he said.

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🚨 Leader Hakeem Jeffries calls for Congress to investigate Donald Trump's health concerns:

"Congress . . . should make sure the Administration comes clean as it relates to the President's ability to continue to do the job at the level the American people deserve."
11:26 AM · Jan 2, 2026

[sheshe2]

1. Kickin' and Highly Recommedin'!

[Bluetus]

4. Good on you, Hakeem

Make it clear that if the Republicans don't come clean about Trump and his various diseases including his mental problems, this will be a front and center campaign issue and it will not be pretty.

Republicans already have to answer for protecting a pedophile and serial rapist and preteen sex abuser. Do they also want to have to be accountable for hiding the truth about Trump's decline into vegetable state?

[in2herbs]

2. Hey Jeffries, if you haven't been able to get F45s tax records your latest newsblast that Congress

shall have access to his health records is not going anywhere. Instead, why don't you release the autopsy report on why Ds lost the 2024 election -- you know the report that you authorized Ken Martin to conduct and now refuse to release it.

[Bluetus]

7. I believe you were looking at this the wrong way.

People inside the Beltway are always thinking about votes and legislation and alliances and loyalty. The problems we Face are not going to be solved, for the most part, through slow moving legislation. The big results come from public pressure campaigns outside of the Beltway. And that is what Jeffries seems to be touching on now. I hope he realizes that, and gives his leadership more of a focus on the public pressure.

[BaronChocula]

3. Capitalize on every weakness

real and perceived. the white-wingers know this routine. It's part of their dis army knife.

[Lovie777]

6. shithole will ask the 6 asshole.....

US SC justices for a reprieve.

[BOSSHOG]

8. This should be a piece of cake

Trump is the healthiest man ever to walk the face of the earth. He’ll be more than happy to prove it, in a verifiable manner of course. And republicans from coast to coast will cheer the results.