Navy Secretary John Phelan has reinstated the military rank of President Donald Trump’s disgraced physician after it was stripped over concerns about his personal conduct.
Ronny Jackson, now a Texas congressman, will have his rank of retired rear admiral reinstated after suffering a humiliating demotion in 2022 during the Biden administration, according to a June 13 letter from Phelan that Jackson posted on X Wednesday.
“After finding good cause to reopen your retired grade determination, and upon review of all applicable reports and references, it is my pleasure to inform you, effective immediately, you are retroactively reinstated to the retired grade of Rear Admiral (Lower Half),” Phelan wrote.
Jackson slammed former President Joe Biden in touting the reinstatement.
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