The doctor, Harold Bornstein, described the incident as a “raid,” in an interview with NBC News.
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Shortly after President Donald Trump took office last year, the White House took medical records from his New York doctor — in what the physician described as an unannounced "raid."
Dr. Harold Bornstein told NBC News he felt "raped, frightened and sad" when three men, including a former White House aide Keith Schiller and a lawyer at the Trump Organization, showed up at his New York City office Feb. 3, 2017 to collect the president's medical records.
White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders on Tuesday confirmed that officials "took possession" of Trump's medical records — but said it was "not her understanding" that it was a raid.
"It would be standard procedure for a newly-elected president's medical records to be in possession by the White House medical unit," Sanders told reporters during a press briefing Tuesday.
Bornstein said he was not provided with a form authorizing the release of the records, which, if true, could be a violation of patient privacy laws.
Bornstein also told NBC that the men asked him to take a photo of him and Trump off of his wall.
A New York Police Department spokesperson told BuzzFeed News on Tuesday that the department had no complaint on file in relation to the incident.
Bornstein did not return BuzzFeed News's requests for an interview. He later told a CBS News reporter, "Sweetheart, this is Watergate, goodbye!"
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