Trump Fired A Corrupt VA Official. Then The VA Stepped In And Said Not So FastA notoriously corrupt Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) manager fired in the first day of President Donald Trump’s presidency — to rousing acclaim from veterans who heralded it as a sign of lasting reform —
has been returned to work by VA officials after he filed a civil-service protections appeal.
Mr. Hamlin subsequently appealed his removal to the Merit Systems Protection Board (MSPB), and because of particulars in his case that remains under active litigation,
he was brought back to work at VA,” spokesman James Hutton told The Daily Caller News Foundation.
Hamlin was fired Jan. 20, the day of President Trump’s inauguration. But numerous employees of the Puerto Rico VA told TheDCNF they were shocked and disgusted to see him return to the facility this month.
VA lawyers were coy, writing on May 9 that “No, Mr. Hamlin is certainly not back on his job… we are waiting on a new hearing date from the judge at the moment.”
But pressed to explain the sightings, Hutton acknowledged
he was “brought back to work at VA.” Hutton did not say what his job title is, but he is not listed as the hospital’s director.
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