Kelly and Ayers both were briefed about the incident. Mrs. Pence expressed concerns to her physician about a potential HIPAA violation; Ayers and Kelly both referred the doctor to raise the concerns though the military and medical chains of command.
-
-
Show this threadThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
-
-
-
Jackson told Pence's physician to "let things go ... if I am to succeed in my career," according to the physician. Also, Jackson apparently said to the Pence doctor that "it's not always possible to adhere to HIPAA at the White House."https://snpy.tv/2HCSv0O
CNN
VideoSee more at cnn.comShow this threadThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
-
-
-
After being informed of his "intimidating" behavior towards Pence’s physician, Jackson "concurred with that statement, and responded that even his wife tells him he can be perceived as intimidating," the memo said. The physician considered resigning to avoid Jackson
Show this threadThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
-
-
-
Did they use this information to blackmail him
-
Excellent question. May be why Pence didn't say anything, they wanted to use him to say Trump was 100% healthy, mentally and physically.
-
Dont forget, main goal was to get a patsy to help privatize the VA
-
Agreed.
-
If that's true that they held the info over him, now would be a good time for him to clear his conscience and speak. He may even come out ahead by doing so.
- 1 more reply
New conversation -
-
-
The choice of Dr. Jackson to head the VA was a mistake, from the start. He was NEVER even remotely qualified. But this DID shine a big bright light on further corruption within the WH, which continues to be tolerated.
-
This was not a Harriet Miers, who was under-qualified; or Judge Bork, who was too political; or even Dr. Joycelyn Elders, who was too forthright. This was an example of further hubris on the part of POTUS and a rare example of Congress doing its job, in a bipartisan manner.
-
By 'too political' do you mean 'was Richard Nixon's patsy in the Saturday Night Massacre?'
-
No fan of Bork. But as far as his ability to be a Supreme Court Justice? He had it. I would NOT have wanted him, for political and policy reasons. But not because he didn't understand or know the law.
-
I mean frankly I think it was appalling he even became a federal judge after the single greatest moment of obstruction of justice in our history
-
Personally I don't go for the "Originalism" that Scalia and Bork promoted. And they were wrong to believe the Constitution said an individual could have firearms for personal protection, unrelated to militia service. I just think that's wrong.
-
second guessing others is an American hobby. But go to law school first if you wish to be a legal commentator. There you'll learn why your position on the 2nd is legally incorrect.
-
No, it's not. Scalia invented a right to own a gun for personal protection. It was never the intent of the 2nd Amendment and it was never the position of the
@NRA until radical extremists took over. It was passed for national defense and slave retrieval and suppression. - 4 more replies
New conversation -
-
-
Which would be huge because that means that even though these concerns were brought up Trump and admin. STILL allowed his nomination and the process to proceed
-
If they were concerned ethics, Pruitt would've been gone before he was appointed, no throwing a wrecking ball through institutions is the only goal. No body appointed is fit to run any of the agencies, except maybe Mattis.
-
I agree wholeheartedly
End of conversation
New conversation -
Loading seems to be taking a while.
Twitter may be over capacity or experiencing a momentary hiccup. Try again or visit Twitter Status for more information.