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More outsxrag disbelief in the v.a. scandal. sadly, no hearing will change the state of the vets who have died waiting for care. with me now, good evening, congressman. you are not only a congressman, you are a physician, a veteran, you questioned the v.a. officials in the phoenix scandal. i don't know if you heard this, congressman, but dr. mitchell just told us, and i don't think you've even heard this. that the i.g. was intentionally slanlting reports to favor the veterans administration. what do you think of that? >> i just heard it when you had the interview. i am completely disenchanted ...

You say you have direct knowledge of evidence being destroyed. talk to us about that. >> what happened was an employee called to ask my help. the new employee appointment request, or near list is something every time a veteran requires a new appointment it generates a computer fingerprint. this list pulls all the finger prints together and you can tell the exact date when a patient requests an appointment. and then how long it has been since they actually had their first appointment. the near list is run for each of the clinics. the downtown clinics, the oig report, the interim report was extr...

Treatment and i'm hoping that will be in their final report. >> but doctor, when you were actually repry imagineded and put on administrative leave, i mean, what did you think? >> i assumed my v.a. career was over. it is not unusual for the v.a. to make up things and sabotage a physician's contrary for bringing things forward. it is not just at phoenix v.a. it is across the country. >> excuse me. was this common knowledge that this is what was happening? did the i.g. speak to you about this? >> the i.g. speak to me for about two hours. but you'll have to clarify which this you're talking about...

You say you have direct knowledge of evidence being destroyed. talk to us about that. >> what happened was an employee called to ask my help. the new employee appointment request, or near list is something every time a veteran requires a new appointment it generates a computer fingerprint. this list pulls all the finger prints together and you can tell the exact date when a patient requests an appointment. and then how long it has been since they actually had their first appointment. the near list is run for each of the clinics. the downtown clinics, the oig report, the interim report was extr...