The White Housesaid today that PresidentDonald Trump's former Bodyguarddid nothing out of the ordinary when he took possession of the president's medical records last year, despite a claim by Trump's former doctor that the episode felt like a "raid."
Harold Bornstein, Trump's longtime personal doctor, told NbcNewsthat Keith Schiller, the president's longtime Bodyguardand former Directorof Oval Office operations, showed up at his office in February 2017 along with two other men to collect the records, leaving Bornstein feeling "raped, frightened and sad."
White HousePress SecretarySarah Huckabee Sandersdisputed the doctor's characterisation of the episode.
"As is standard operating procedure for a new president, the White HouseMedical Unit took possession of the president's medical records," she told reporters at a White Housebriefing.
As for Bornstein's description that it had had the feel of a raid, she said, "No, that is not my understanding." Bornstein told Nbcthat Schiller and another "large man" were in his office about 30 minutes and "created a lot of chaos."
The doctor said the two men were joined by Alan Garten, the Chief Legal Officerfor The Trump Organization A Spokeswomanfor The Trump Organizationdid not respond to a request for comment today.
The incident at Bornstein's office came two days after the doctor told The New York Timesthat Trump takes Propecia, a drug for enlarged prostates that is often prescribed to stimulate hair growth in men. Bornstein told The Timesthat he prescribed Trump drugs for Rosaceaand cholesterol as well.
Bornstein told Nbcthat Trump's longtime Personal Secretarycalled him after the story ran and said: "So you wanted to be the White Housedoctor? Forget it, you're out.'"
Bornstein said he wasn't given a form authorising him to release Trump's records, but said Schiller and Garten took the originals and copies of Trump's charts and lab reports, including records filed under pseudonyms the office used.
Questions were raised about the legality of the Seizure Patients have a right to a copy of their medical records but the original physical record belongs to the doctor, said Dr. Matthew Wynia, Directorof the Centre For Bioethics And Humanitiesat the University Of Colorado
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