NOMINATIONS/TRUMP PEOPLE/VA: “The White House withdrew the nomination of Dr. Ronny L. Jackson, the White House physician, to lead the Veterans Affairs Department on Thursday [4-26-18] after lawmakers went public with a torrent of accusations leveled against him by nearly two dozen current and former colleagues from the White House medical staff. In a statement released Thursday morning, Dr. Jackson announced that he was withdrawing his name for consideration to be the secretary of Veteran Affairs…Within minutes of the withdrawal, President Trump lamented the loss of his nomination, and said that Senator Jon Tester of Montana, the top Democrat on the Senate Committee on Veterans’ Affairs, would ‘have a big price to pay’ for undercutting Dr. Jackson.”
–Nicholas Fandos and Peter Baker, “White House Withdraws Jackson Nomination for V.A. Chief Amid Criticism,” The New York Times online, April 26, 2018