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MSNBC’s Rachel Maddow Totally Misrepresents Inspector General Report on Ronny Jackson

‘Turns out there was an IG report about the allegations’
By Grabien Staff

MSNBC’s Rachel Maddow Totally Misrepresents Inspector General Report On Ronny Jackson (Law Newz)

Allegations against VA Secretary nominee Ronny Jackson have been pouring in, ranging from unprofessional behavior, to being drunk on the job, to improperly giving out medicine. When asked by a reporter if there had been an Inspector General report about these allegations, Jackson said, “No there was not.”

Enter MSNBC’s Rachel Maddow, who played a clip of the conversation, then saying, “Turns out there was an IG report about the allegations.”

Well, turns out Rachel Maddow was wrong.

The Inspector General report to which Maddow was referring was regarding the command climate of the White House Medical Unit. The 2012 report, viewed by the Associated Press, did not address allegations against Jackson related to drugs or alcohol. What it did address was the state of the unit’s leadership, which included Jackson, who was the one who ordered the report in the first place, according to the AP.

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