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    President's doctor pulls out as VA nominee amid misconduct allegations

    by Noah Bierman and Cathleen Decker, Los Angeles Times Apr 26, 2018 5 minutes

    WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump's White House physician, Rear Adm. Ronny Jackson, withdrew his nomination to serve as secretary of Veterans Affairs on Thursday, citing the "distraction" from a string of what he termed "completely false and fabricated" allegations.

    "While I will forever be grateful for the trust and confidence President Trump has placed in me by giving me this opportunity, I am regretfully withdrawing my nomination to be secretary for the Department of Veterans Affairs," Jackson wrote in a statement released by the White House.

    The White House said he would remain in his current job, at least for now.

    "Adm. Jackson is a doctor in the United States Navy assigned to the White House and is here at work today," White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders said.

    Nonetheless, the public airing of charges against Jackson could jeopardize his current position.

    His case

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