At the time Mr. Tester released the list, Dr. Jackson was President Trump’s nominee to lead the Department of Veterans Affairs. Dr. Jackson denied the allegations, but later withdrew from consideration for the cabinet post amid a torrent of other, mostly anonymous, accusations, including accounts that he loosely distributed drugs to White House officials and was a bully to his staff in the White House medical unit. He called it a “comprehensive search” for any crashes involving Dr. Jackson and a government vehicle. Mr. Shah said that the search revealed three episodes, none of which resembled the crash described by Mr. Tester. Advertisement Continue reading the main storyIn one episode, Mr. Shah said that Dr. Jackson was rear-ended, resulting in a fender bender.

Source: New York Times April 28, 2018 02:03 UTC