WASHINGTON — The House Veterans’ Affairs Committee has been looking into serious allegations of sexual assault, misconduct, and consensual sexual activities at the VA Mountain Home health care facility in Tennessee.
Chairman Rep. Mike Bost, R-Ill., reported that a six-month investigation has uncovered evidence that at least two managers exploited their positions to solicit sexual favors from subordinates in exchange for job promotions.
Bost stated that the committee dispatched an oversight team to the Tennessee facility to evaluate the situation and communicated their findings to VA Secretary Denis McDonough. In response, the VA has initiated its own investigation. According to testimonies from whistleblowers, it was revealed that hospital supervisors were aware of the misconduct but failed to take action for several months.
“If these allegations are verified, without question, these men and women have no business serving veterans in East Tennessee, and this should have never happened,” Bost remarked regarding the hospital leaders implicated in the misconduct.
The investigation by the House VA Committee’s subpanel on oversight and investigations disclosed that sexual relationships and misconduct had indeed occurred on VA property. Bost described the ongoing sexual misconduct, harassment, and inappropriate relationships at the Mountain Home facility as both “...
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