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Ronny Jackson crashed car while drunk and mishandled drugs, document
claims
Document summarizing more than 20 interviews with people who served with
the VA nominee contains concerning allegations
Only hours after the White House press secretary insisted that Ronny
Jackson, Trump’s pick to run the veterans affairs department, “had
received more vetting than most nominees”, a document was released that
detailed allegations of Jackson, the current White House physician,
mishandling drugs and wrecking a car while intoxicated.
Jackson said he would continue to move forward with the nominating process
and said he had “never wrecked a car”.
The Montana Democrat Jon Tester, the ranking Democrat on the Senate
veterans affairs committee, released a document summarizing more than 20
interviews conducted by staffers with people who served with Jackson. The
document includes allegations of drunkenness, faulty prescribing practices
and creating a hostile work environment.
US President Donald J. Trump's nominee to be Secretary of Veteran Affairs
Ronny Jackson visits Capitol Hill
epa06689855 US Navy Rear Admiral
Ronny Jackson (C), US President Donald J. Trump's nominee to be Secretary
of Veteran Affairs, is followed by members of the news media following a
meeting in the office of Republican Senator from Kansas Jerry Moran, on
Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, USA, 24 April 2018. The Senate Veterans
Affairs Committee has postponed Jackson's confirmation hearing amid
allegations involving his behavior as a White House physician. If
confirmed by the Senate, Jackson would fill the vacancy left by the exit
of David Shulkin. EPA/MICHAEL REYNOLDS
Ronny Jackson close to withdrawing as VA nominee, Trump suggests
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It includes claims that Jackson “got drunk and wrecked a government
vehicle” after a party and described “at least one occasion [when] Dr
Jackson could not be reached when needed because he was passed out drunk
in his hotel room”. It also alleges that he so freely handed out
prescription drugs that he was nicknamed “candyman” and had his own
“private stocks of controlled substances”.
The allegations come a day after Tester and Johnny Isakson, the chair of
the veterans affairs committee, jointly released a statement saying that
the committee was postponing Jackson’s confirmation hearing “in light of
new information presented to the committee”.
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The two added: “We take very seriously our constitutional duty to
thoroughly and carefully vet each nominee sent to the Senate for
confirmation. We will continue looking into these serious allegations and
have requested additional information from the White House to enable the
committee to conduct a full review”.
Jackson’s nomination had long faced scrutiny because the White House
doctor did not have any administrative experience prior to Trump choosing
him to run the Department of Veterans Affairs, which employs nearly
350,000 people. Trump left room for Jackson to withdraw on Tuesday in a
news conference with French president Emanuel Macron. “I don’t want to put
a man through a process that is too ugly like this and it’s disgusting,”
Trump said. “I’ll stand behind him. He’s a fine man but it’s his choice.”
Jackson, who was nominated in March, first came to public notice when he
told reporters in January that Trump had “incredibly good genes” after
giving him a physical.
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