VA watchdog investigating allegations Wilkie sought to discredit aide who reported sexual assault
Source: The Hill
BY JUSTINE COLEMAN - 02/27/20 04:37 PM EST
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The Department of Veterans Affairs’s internal watchdog is investigating Secretary Robert Wilkie for allegedly that he attempted to discredit an aide to a top Democrat after she reported she was sexually assaulted at the agency’s hospital.
The department’s Inspector General Michael J. Missal told representatives in a letter Thursday that he plans to open a full probe into Wilkie.
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The secretary denies he asked people to look up dirt on the woman, Andrea Goldstein. Goldstein is a senior policy adviser on female veterans issue on Sen. Mark Takano’s (D-Calif.) team.
A senior VA official claimed Wilkie told members of his staff to discredit Goldstein’s credibility after she said a man groped and propositioned her in the agency’s D.C. Medical Center, The Washington Post reported.
Read more: https://thehill.com/policy/defense/485032-va-watchdog-probing-wilkie-over-allegations-he-sought-to-discredit-aide-who
