During his relatively brief tenure as a political figure, Rep. Ronny Jackson has found himself at the center of multiple controversies. The Texas Republican was, for example, a White House physician who made bizarre public comments about Donald Trump’s health.
The then-president then announced that he wanted Jackson to join his cabinet as the secretary of Veterans Affairs — despite his obvious lack of qualifications — but he faced bipartisan opposition after multiple reports surfaced about Jackson’s alleged pattern of substance abuse, harassing women, and creating a “toxic“ work environment. The White House pulled his nomination soon after.
Two years later, Jackson was elected to Congress, where the revelations continued. In 2021, for example, the Pentagon’s inspector general’s office concluded that Jackson engaged in “inappropriate conduct” while serving as Trump’s doctor, adding that the Republican “drank alcohol, made sexual comments to subordinates, and took the sedative Ambien while working as White House physician.” The watchdog also found that Jackson mistreated subordinates and “disparaged, belittled, bullied and humiliated them.”
In 2022, the Navy demoted Jackson from admiral to captain as a consequence of his misconduct.
Two months after his demotion was made public, the Texas Republican found himself in the middle of an ethics controversy, and as CNBC reported, the investigation into the allegations is now advancing in ways the far-right congressman probably won’t like.








