The mental health hospital, where James Talarico was allegedly treated during his nearly two-week absence from the campaign trail, has come out denying that Talarico was ever at the facility.
This comes after the facility allegedly violated HIPAA privacy laws when an employee reportedly disclosed to reporters that he was at the facility.
As The Gateway Pundit reported, an employee at the Lindner Center of HOPE in Mason, Ohio, allegedly confirmed on Saturday during a recorded phone call that Talarico had been “just discharged” from the facility.
However, Talarico’s team denied the claim, saying “Talarico was home in Austin, Texas, recovering from the flu.”
Talarico also ran to multiple outlets for interviews on Sunday and came out, denying the claims and notably changing his previous account of his doctor’s visits.
“I just went to my primary care physician, but it wasn’t anything worse than, you know, a nasty case of the flu,” Talarico said on Sunday after previously claiming that he went to an urgent care facility in Dallas. We have contacted the Talarico campaign, asking why his story changed and whether they would be willing to release records from the doctor’s visits in the interest of transparency, but we have not heard back yet.
“That’s not true,” he said of the claim that he was in a mental hospital. “I just had the flu, and I feel much better. But it’s a good reminder that you can’t believe everything you read on the internet.”
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Now, the Lindner Center HOPE has also come out denying that James Talarico was ever there.
“Representative James Talarico has never received treatment from Lindner Center of Hope,” they said in a statement late Sunday.
Representative James Talarico has never received treatment from Lindner Center of Hope.
— Lindner Center HOPE (@LindnerCtrHope) October 11, 2026
Typically, a mental health facility cannot confirm or deny whether a specific person has been treated there due to HIPAA.
Additionally, earlier leftist influencer Brian Krassenstein called the Lindner Center of Hope, and an employee said, “We would never disclose, confirm, or deny who our patients are here.” She added that the “marketing team is aware” of the rumors going around after another employee allegedly said that Talarico was admitted to the facility.
Asked to deny the earlier claim made by an employee, the woman simply responded, “We would not disclose any patient information.”
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URGENT RECORDING BELOW: Despite MAGA liars claiming that James Talarico was a patient at Lindner Center of Hope in Ohio, and allegedly recording an employee stating that he was, I just got off the phone with the Lindner Center and they have confirmed that the whole story is a Giant LIE.
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— Brian Krassenstein (@krassenstein) October 11, 2026
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