By Oren Lieberman | CNNThe Navy demoted Rep. Ronny Jackson in 2022 after a scathing report from the Defense Department watchdog found the former White House physician drank on the job, routinely screamed at subordinates and acted inappropriately. Jackson, who retired in 2019 as a one-star rear admiral, was demoted to the rank of captain, according to two US officials. Now a Republican member of Congress, Jackson says on his website that he is a “retired U.S. Navy Rear Admiral with nearly three decades of military service.”CNN has reached out to Jackson for comment. When the Pentagon Inspector General report was first released March 2021, Jackson said it was a politically motivated attack that “resurrected” old allegations against him. But he remained in Trump’s White House as a medical adviser before eventually running for a US congressional seat in Texas.

Source: CNN March 07, 2024 22:17 UTC