Congressman Ronny Jackson, former White House physician, was reportedly demoted from a Navy admiral to a captain despite saying otherwise on his website.
The Navy demoted Jackson in July 2022 following a Pentagon inspector general鈥檚 report that substantiated allegations about his inappropriate behavior as a White House physician, .
found that Jackson berated subordinates in the White House medical unit, 鈥渕ade sexual and denigrating statements鈥� about a female subordinate, consumed alcohol inappropriately with subordinates, and consumed the sleep drug Ambien while on duty as the president鈥檚 physician.
But on Jackson鈥檚 website, he does not acknowledge the demotion.
鈥淎s a retired U.S. Navy Rear Admiral with nearly three decades of military service I understand the commitment and sacrifices made by servicemen and servicewomen to serve our country,鈥� the two-term under a veterans' issues tab.
The Washington Post reports that Jackson has continued to refer to himself as a retired rear admiral after the Navy reclassified him. Fellow Republicans, including President Donald Trump, also use Jackson鈥檚 former rank when referring to him.
Whether other party members knew of his demotion is unclear.
Even if others , he should not, Katherine L. Kuzminski, a military policy expert at Center for a New American Security, told the Post.
In his July 2022 memoir, 鈥淗olding the Line,鈥� Jackson did not address the prospect of demotion and said the inspector general鈥檚 report was politically motivated.
鈥淚f I had retired and not gotten into politics, this investigation would have never gone anywhere,鈥� Jackson wrote. 鈥淭his was happening because I am a perceived threat to the Biden administration and because a few political appointees in the Department of Defense want to make a name for themselves.鈥�
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