House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) named U.S. Representatives Scott Perry (R-PA) and Ronny Jackson (R-TX) to the House Intelligence Committee, which oversees the entire intelligence community and, as MSNBC’s Jake Sherman reports, receives “some of the most sensitive intelligence about the U.S. and its allies.”
D.C. lawyer Bradley Moss, who specializes in litigation on matters relating to national security, federal employment and security clearance law, cheekily responded to the news: “Can we drug test them first?”
Can we drug test them first? https://t.co/SJCapDW0xt
— Bradley P. Moss (@BradMossEsq) June 5, 2024
In April 2018, Senator Jon Tester (D-MT), Ranking member of the Senate Committee on Veterans’ Affairs told CNN that Jackson — former Physician to the President under Presidents Barack Obama and Donald Trump — was known as “the Candyman” at the White House because he allegedly handed out prescription drugs “like they were candy.’
Note: After an investigation, the Defense Department inspector general found that “Jackson had engaged in various inappropriate behaviors as an admiral” and the following year “the Navy retroactively demoted him to the rank of captain.” (Jackson has not changed his profile on social media to reflect the demotion).
Captain Ronny "Candy Man" Jackson who still pretends to be a Rear-Admiral but was demoted to Captain? That Ronny Jackson? https://t.co/IkrwGfAwkr
— Kes Bretagne (@KesendraB) June 5, 2024
Rep. Mike Turner (R-OH) is the chairman of the House Intelligence Committee, which includes Rep. French Hill (R-AR), Rep. Elise Stefanik (R-NY), Rep. Dan Crenshaw (R-TX), Ranking Member Jim Himes (D-CT) and Rep. Joaquin Castro (D-TX).
My record and history show that I have been a strong supporter of NATO. Today, I mistakenly voted in favor of an amendment to defund the NATO Security Investment Program. I have submitted a statement to the Congressional Record clarifying my vote and that I intended to vote NO on…
— French Hill (@RepFrenchHill) June 4, 2024
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