Kevin McCarthy Dismisses Claims Dan Crenshaw Denigrated Female Vet, Calls Him a Hero
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House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy brushed aside allegations that one of his members, Rep. Dan Crenshaw (R-Texas), was part of an orchestrated effort led by a top Trump administration official to disparage the reputation of a female veteran who was sexually assaulted at a government facility.
Crenshaw, a former Navy SEAL, gave damaging information to Veterans Affairs Secretary Robert Wilkie about a woman whom he served with to discredit her claim that she was sexually assaulted at a VA facility, according to an independent government watchdog report released last week.
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Big six veterans groups ask Trump to fire VA Secretary Wilkie immediately December 16, 2020 Veterans Affairs Secretary Robert Wilkie speaks at a White House event on April 30, 2020. Multiple veterans groups have called for Wilkie s firing in recent days. (Alex Brandon/AP) The nation’s leading veterans groups on Wednesday formally requested that President Donald Trump fire Veterans Affairs Secretary Robert Wilkie immediately from his Cabinet post, saying that the VA administrator “no longer has the trust or confidence of America’s veterans.” The letter signed by leaders from the Veterans of Foreign Wars, the American Legion, Disabled American Veterans, Paralyzed Veterans of America, AMVETS and Vietnam Veterans of America is the latest damning assessment of Wilkie’s ability shepherd the department following the release of an inspector general report last week criticizing his handling of a sexual assault allegation late last year.
Biggest vets groups step up pressure on Trump to fire Wilkie
by Hope Yen, The Associated Press
Posted Dec 16, 2020 2:25 pm EDT
Last Updated Dec 16, 2020 at 2:28 pm EDT
President Donald Trump, accompanied by Veterans Affairs Secretary Robert Wilkie, left, and Karen Pence, the wife of Vice President Mike Pence, right, greets Terry Sharpe, center, known as the Walking Marine at the White House in Washington, Monday, July 27, 2020. Sharpe has walked from Summerfield, N.C., to Washington to raise awareness of the current veteran suicide rate. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)
WASHINGTON Stepping up pressure, the nation’s six largest veterans groups on Wednesday called on President Donald Trump to immediately fire Veterans Affairs Secretary Robert Wilkie over the mishandling of a congressional aide’s allegation of a sexual assault at a VA hospital.