Washington (AP) – MP Ronny Jackson announced that the navy restored its retired rank of counter -admiral and opened a downgrade from 2022, which followed a devastating investigation in which his top doctor of the White House found crucial problems with his behavior.
The Texas Republican published a letter from the Marine Secretary John Phelan on Wednesday on Wednesday, in which he re-placed Jackson in retired place of a one-star admiral after a “review of all applicable reports and references”. The navy confirmed the move with a spokesman for Phelan that “he appreciates the decades of naval service of the Member of Congress Jackson”.
The decision to restore Jackson’s rank occurs because the Pentagon is increasingly lucid to offer advantages and consideration of those who see it as a personally faithful supporter of President Donald Trump, while those who are not viewed were pushed out of high -ranking rows of the military. Defense Minister Pete Hegseth Lt. two weeks ago General Jeffrey Kruse, who supervised the intelligence agency, which resulted in a first intelligence assessment of the US damage of Iranian nuclear sites, who annoyed Trump.
After his retirement from the Navy from 2019, Jackson was retrospectively downgraded after a year -long examination of his behavior when he was a doctor from Trump and former President Barack Obama. A report by a general inspector showed that he made “sexual and disparaged” comments on the subordination of “sexual”, violating the guideline for drinking alcohol on a presidential trip and taking prescription -liable medication that his colleagues were doing about his ability to ensure proper medical care.
Jackson became known for his exaggerated statements about Trump’s health during his first term. He was elected to the congress in 2020 after the first Trump government had not failed to appoint him the secretary of the veteran affairs in 2018.
“I was and am a retired US Navy Reciral, and Joe Biden is a retired old fool,” said Jackson on social media, where he described himself as an admiral despite his downgrading.
Last week, military officers revealed that Ashli ​​Babbitt, the rioter who was killed by a police officer during the attack on the Capitol on January 6, 2021, was offered military leader.
Babbitt was a veteran of the US Air Force from California, which was shot with a Trump campaign flag that was wrapped around her shoulders, while trying to climb through the broken window of a barricaded door, which led to the lobby of the speaker in the Capitol when the rioters interrupted the count of votes from Trump in 2020 against bidges.
