Veterans Affairs Sec. Robert Wilkie attempted to discredit a Democratic House staffer who reported being sexually assaulted at a VA hospital last year, House Cmte. on Veterans' Affairs says.
She added that the complaint also implicates Rep. Dan Crenshaw, R-Texas, a former Navy SEAL, who allegedly met with Wilkie, discussed Goldstein's claims with the secretary and agreed with Wilkie's characterization of the House staffer.“The notion that the anyone at the VA reached out to Congressman Crenshaw to dig up dirt on this staffer has no basis in reality," Justin Discigil, Crenshaw's communications director, said."It never happened and Mr.
Goldstein did not immediately respond to a request for comment for this story and had previously directed inquiries to the House Veterans Affairs committee. Wilkie did not release whatever alleged information he gathered, but claimed in a Jan. 15 letter to Rep. Mark Takano, D-Calif., chairman of the Veterans Affairs Committee, that Goldstein's complaint was considered"unsubstantiated." He added in the letter that Takano and his staff's decision to elevate it"could deter our Veterans from seeking the care they need and deserve.
"Reaching a decision to close the investigation with no criminal charges does not mean that the underlying allegation is unsubstantiated," he told Wilkie.
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