Trump appointees cycled in and out of leadership roles, hiring unqualified friends and producing substandard inquiries of senior leaders’ misconduct, VA’s inspector general found. The accountability office “should have been an example for the entire VA,” he said, “but it set the opposite example.” Booher quit after three months. ADOutgoing VA Secretary Robert Wilkie gave him a commendation in January for “outstanding contributions” during the pandemic. Everett has done an exceptional job ensuring the protection of the VA Secretary and Deputy Secretary” during the pandemic. By the time the report was completed, the accountability office was on its third director, a former House investigator who became its first Senate-confirmed leader.

Source: Washington Post February 17, 2021 11:02 UTC