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December 11, 2020

Report Finds VA Secretary Robert Wilkie Smeared House Aide Who Reported Sexual Assault
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A watchdog report has found current Veterans Affairs Secretary Robert
Wilkie and other senior leaders discredited and smeared a House aide who
reported a sexual assault at work. Andrea Goldstein, who issued the
complaint, said in a statement, "The millions of women and men who have
experienced or witnessed sexual violence in the military recognized
Secretary Wilkie's actions as horrifyingly familiar: refuse to take or
enforce accountability, blame, shame and make the victim the problem."


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