# Dr Oz and the Armenian hospices

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*John Kiriakou's reaction to a television segment by Mehmet Oz alleging fraud by Armenian-run hospices in Los Angeles — that a man he identifies as a veteran of the Turkish special forces zeroing in on Armenians in California is not a coincidence, and that each of the administration's appointees appears to arrive with a racial scandal of their own.*

- **Subject of the segment:** Alleged fraud by Armenian hospices in Los Angeles
- **Presenter:** Mehmet Oz
- **Kiriakou's identification:** A veteran of the Turkish special forces
- **His response:** Wanted to punch him in the face
- **Companion example:** Tulsi Gabbard in Fulton County

**Dr Oz and the Armenian hospices** is a short exchange from January 2026 in which John Kiriakou was asked whether he had seen a television segment by Mehmet Oz alleging fraud by Armenian-run hospices in Los Angeles.[1]

## The response

Kiriakou's answer opened with an admission of temper: he wanted to punch him in the face for that too.[2]

The reason follows immediately, and is the whole of the argument. *"Of course, Dr. Oz, who is a veteran of the Turkish special forces. Of course, he's going to zero in on Armenians in California."*[2] The unstated premise is the Armenian genocide and the century of Turkish denial that followed it, which Kiriakou treats as sufficient context for reading a fraud investigation as something other than a fraud investigation. His summary of the man was four words: *"I freaking hate that guy."*[2]

## The pattern

Rall's contribution was to place it in a series — *"And Tulsi in Fulton County. Each appointee must have their own racial scandal"* — which Kiriakou accepted without correction before the conversation moved on to the seizure of Georgia voting records.[2]

The episode is a small instance of a habit that runs through Kiriakou's commentary: reading a public official's biography, and particularly their prior service in a foreign security establishment, as the operative fact about what they choose to investigate.

## See also

- [The Armenian podcasters](https://www.kiripedia.org/wiki/the-armenian-podcasters)
- [John Kiriakou](https://www.kiripedia.org/wiki/john-kiriakou)
- [Ted Rall](https://www.kiripedia.org/wiki/ted-rall)

## Sources

1. Is Trump Bidening Out? | DeProgram with Ted Rall and John Kiriakou (2026-01-30), at 22:32. Recording: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HDPkwpAs6Io&t=1352s · Transcript: https://www.kiripedia.org/sources/2026-01-30-deprogram-show-with-is-trump-bidening-out-deprogram-with-ted/
2. Is Trump Bidening Out? | DeProgram with Ted Rall and John Kiriakou (2026-01-30), at 23:02. Recording: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HDPkwpAs6Io&t=1382s · Transcript: https://www.kiripedia.org/sources/2026-01-30-deprogram-show-with-is-trump-bidening-out-deprogram-with-ted/

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