Former White House physician and current House Rep. Ronny Jackson (R-Texas) left the West Wing in 2019 amid a fog of allegations of inappropriate workplace conduct and alcohol abuse while on the job. Since his departure, heās claimed the rank of a retired U.S. Navy Rear Admiral in his public statements, but according to a report from The Washington Post, Jackson was quietly demoted in 2022 to the rank of Captain after the release of a scathing report on his behavior by the Pentagonās inspector general.
In 2018, the Department of Defense Office of Inspector General (OIG) received a slew of complaints regarding Jacksonās conduct as the White House physician. The department opened an investigation into the allegations of alcohol abuse, unchecked rage, and sexual harassment towards other staffers. The investigation was stalled for some time over objections from the Trump administration, but the report released by the OIG in 2021 ultimately found that Jacksonās āoverall course of conduct toward subordinates disparaged, belittled, bullied, and humiliated them, and fostered a negative work environmentā; that Jackson āmade sexual and denigrating statementsā about his female colleagues; and āengaged in inappropriate conduct involving the use of Alcohol.ā
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In 2018, the Department of Defense Office of Inspector General (OIG) received a slew of complaints regarding Jacksonās conduct as the White House physician.
The investigation was stalled for some time over objections from the Trump administration, but the report released by the OIG in 2021 ultimately found that JacksonāsĀ āoverall course of conduct toward subordinates disparaged, belittled, bullied, and humiliated them, and fostered a negative work environmentā; that Jackson āmade sexual and denigrating statementsā about his female colleagues; and āengaged in inappropriate conduct involving the use of Alcohol.ā
Jackson himself has maintained that the allegations of misconduct against him and the OIGās findings were little more than a political hit job intended to punish him for supporting former president Trump, and still refers to himself as a retired Rear Admiral on his website.
In 2018, Jacksonās nomination for a position as Secretary of Veterans Affairs fell apart after the allegations of his misconduct ā and his not-so-secret- reputation as the White Houseās drug ācandymanā ā threatened to tank his Senate confirmation.
White Jackson was not directly implicated in that investigation, Rolling Stone recently reported that medications like Xanax and Modafinil were available practically over the counter to staffers.
Many of the staffers who spoke to Rolling Stone pointed to Jackson as the source of the dysfunction in the White House Medical Unit.
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