SalonDecember 12, 2020
Rep. Dan Crenshaw, R-Tx., told Veterans Affairs Secretary Robert Wilkie that a Navy veteran who reported a sexual assault at a VA hospital had filed frivolous allegations when they served in the same unit, according to multiple senior officials in an internal investigation report released yesterday.
The report outlines a number of troubling issues with the department s handling of the assault investigation, including testimony that Wilkie had disparaged the woman after looking into her background himself. Pressure from the top of the agency also allegedly prompted VA police to investigate the victim.
However, the report, issued by the office of VA Inspector General (OIG) Michael Missal, could not corroborate any wrongdoing because the secretary and top staff would not cooperate with investigators, and neither would Crenshaw. Missal concluded that Wilkie and senior officials showed a lack of genuine commitment that jeopardized a safe and welcoming enviro
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Pelosi, veterans groups call for dismissal of VA secretary Wilkie
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Veterans Affairs Secretary Robert Wilkie appears before a House Appropriations Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., in May. Pool Photo by Andrew Harnik/UPI | License Photo
Dec. 12 (UPI) House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., joined several veterans groups in calling for the dismissal of Department of Veterans Affairs Secretary Robert Wilkie after a watchdog report said he may have tried to discredit a congressional aide who said she was assaulted at a VA hospital. The VA Inspector General report makes clear that Secretary Wilkie engaged in an extremely disturbing cover-up campaign of sexual assault against a veteran, Pelosi said in a statement Saturday. He has lost the trust and confidence to serve, and he must immediately resign.