During a rally in Montana Thursday, President Trump accused Senate Veterans Affairs Committee ranking member, Jon Tester, D-Mont., of leading a smear campaign against his pick to run the Department of Veterans Affairs.
The White House physician said the controversy surrounding his nomination had become a distraction to the work of the president and Department of Veterans Affairs.
The former commander of the 693rd Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance Group at Ramstein Air Base in Germany was relieved of command in September after a drunk driving arrest at the base’s gate.