Doctor Ronny Jackson will not return to his job as President Trump's personal physician after withdrawal from nomination of Veterans Affairs Secretary
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| FILE - U.S. Navy Rear Adm. Ronny Jackson, M.D.nominated by President Donald Trump' for the U.S. Veterans Affairs Secretatry but he withdrew April 26, 2018 in the wake of late-surfacing allegations about overprescribing drugs and poor leadership while serving as a top White House doctor,. He said the "false allegations" against him have become a distraction. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File) |
VietPress USA (April 29. 2018): Yesterday via Twitter, President Trump criticized and asked Democratic Senator Jon Tester of Montana to quit because on April 23, 2018, Tester as the highest Democrat of the U.S. Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs postponed a hearing on Trump's nomination of Ronny to the U.S. Veterans Affairs Secretary.
Senator Jon Tester told CNN on April 24 that Jackson was known as "the candy man" inside the White House, according to around 20 people that brought these concerns to the Veterans' Affairs Senate Committee.
People accused Jackson of creating a hostile work environment, excessively drinking on the job, and improperly dispensing medication.
CNN also reported that during an overseas trip in 2015, an intoxicated Jackson loudly knocked on the hotel room door of a female employee, so noisily that the United States Secret Service reportedly stopped him to prevent him potentially waking up then-President Barack Obama.
President Trump responded during a news conference the next day, defending Jackson as "one of the finest people that I have met" He was nominated to the rank of rear admiral (upper half) on March 23, 2018. (Wikipedia)
The White House has completed its investigation of the most serious allegations that surfaced against Rear Adm. Ronny Jackson, a White House official said. Jackson had been President Trump's nominee to be secretary of Veterans Affairs until he pulled out of consideration on Thursday.
At that time, Jackson called the allegations against him "completely false and fabricated," but said they had become a distraction for Trump and the mission to help veterans.
The allegations were made public by Sen. Jon Tester of Montana, the senior Democrat on the Senate Veterans Affairs Committee. He said they came from nearly two dozen current and former military service members who'd worked with Jackson.
President Trump today on Saturday, April 28, 2018, tweeted early that the allegations "are proving false. The Secret Service is unable to confirm (in fact they deny) any of the phony Democrat charges which have absolutely devastated the wonderful Jackson family. Tester should resign."
Trump said people in Montana, a state he won by 20 percentage points in 2016, "will not stand for this kind of slander." He called Jackson "the kind of man that those in Montana would most respect and admire, and now, for no reason whatsoever, his reputation has been shattered. Not fair, Tester!"
Today on Sunday, April 29, 2018, The AP reported that Dr. Sean Conley, a Navy veteran, who has taken the role of Trump's personal physician after Jackson was nominated by Trump, will remain in that role.
The Politico reported Sunday that Dr. Ronny Jackson will not return to the job of President Donald Trump's personal physician but will remain on the White House medical staff.
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Report: Jackson not returning as Trump's personal physician
The newspaper reported that administration officials said Jackson has returned to a job with the White House medical unit. Dr. Sean Conley, a Navy veteran, who has taken the role of Trump's personal physician after Jackson was nominated by Trump, will remain in that role.
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Jackson withdrew his nomination Thursday after Sen. Jon Tester, D-Mont., released allegations that Jackson drank on the job, overprescribed medication and presided over a toxic work environment. Jackson has denied those allegations.
Tester, speaking on MSNBC, acknowledged that not all the allegations had been verified, but said they should be investigated. The White House released records that it says show the allegations were not true. The Secret Service said it has found no evidence of an alleged car accident involving drunken driving, one of the claims released by Tester.
Trump has complained bitterly about how Jackson was treated, and defended him as a good man who did not deserve such treatment. Trump has said Tester should resign after publicly discussing unproven allegations about Jackson.
Tester faces a tough re-election bid in a state Trump won easily in 2016.
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