Less than 24 hours after he was fired as Veterans Affairs secretary under the cloud of an ethics scandal, David Shulkin slammed Washington as “toxic, chaotic, disrespectful and subversive” in a scathing op-ed published in The New York Times. “I have fought to stand up for this great department and all that it embodies,” Shulkin wrote. Trump said he intends to name Adm. Ronny L. Jackson, the presidential physician, to the post. An inspector general’s investigation concluded he had violated ethics rules with a trip to London and Copenhagen with his wife last summer. Shulkin pledged to reimburse the government for his wife’s travel costs and make a contribution to the treasury for the value of the Wimbledon tickets.

Source: Huffington Post March 29, 2018 13:55 UTC