Days Into Trump Admin, Corrupt Employees Are Already Being Fired At The VA
Days into Donald Trump’s administration, heads are finallybeginning
to roll at the Department of Veterans Affairs. Two notoriously corrupt
employees in Puerto Rico were fired this week, indicating that more may
be on the way.
One is the hospital’s CEO, DeWayne Hamlin, who offered an employee $305,000 to quit after she played a role in exposing his drug arrest.
"Mr. DeWayne Hamlin was removed from federal service effective January 20, 2017,†the VA said. Jan. 20 was Inauguration Day.
Under former Secretary of Veterans Affairs Bob McDonald, the agency
ignored yearsof evidence about shoddy work ethic, theft and
whistleblower retaliation. The VA finally began a months-long
investigative proceeding last year, after an outside agency, the Office
of Special Counsel, prodded VA leadership.
Even as it knew of the problems, McDonald tapped Hamlinto moldother VA employees in his image, having him serve as a "coach†at the Leaders Shaping Leaders training session in September. McDonald
said the training is the number-one way to shape the agency’s culture.