NYT "reporting" on Parkinson's experts visiting the WH like it's some scandal when

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21. In case it wasn't clear, I meant the idea that Dr. Cannard was there to advise ...

... on the law mentioned in the OP.

But I also don't understand why the White House won't simply deny that Dr. Cannard saw Biden.

From ABC News:

Asked repeatedly at Monday's briefing, White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre refused to say if the neurologist ever treated the president or consulted on his care, citing privacy concerns, but did say Biden was not being treated for Parkinson's disease.

ABC News Chief White House Correspondent Mary Bruce pressed Jean-Pierre on reporting about Cannard's visit with the president's personal physician, Dr. Kevin O'Connor.

"You're refusing to say if he was here to evaluate the president or if he was consulting on the president's health. So, what then was that meeting about?" Bruce asked.

Jean-Pierre said she would not elaborate on the meeting "because we will not confirm or speak to names that you're providing to me. It is out of security."

How hard is it to just say no?