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In 2017, Trump ordered three Marago associates to reorganize the Department of Veterans Affairs.
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The trio tried to get the Department of Veterans Affairs to sell 9 million veterinary patient data for profit, new emails show.
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The House Surveillance Commission and the Veterans Commission said on Monday that the man violated the law.
Former President Donald Trump’s three associates worked to persuade the Department of Veterans Affairs to sell veterans’ medical records for commercial purposes. According to an email released by US MPs on Monday.
January 11, 2017, Trump He said he formed a team “Our veterans have been treated badly”, so to “straighten the VA”. More than 9 million veterans receive medical care from more than 1,000 facility departments. According to ProPublica.
The team based at Trump’s Mar-a-Lago Resort consisted of Isaac Perlmutter and Marvel executives who are members of Trump’s main donor, Mar-a-Lago. Mark Sharman, Washington DC, Lawyer. Dr. Bruce Moskowitz, a doctor at West Palm Beach, Every ProPublica..
The three began advising VA on budget and contract issues, ProPublica reported, but they soon began advancing the idea of selling medical data for veterans.
“Patient data, in my opinion, is the most valuable asset of the Department of Veterans Affairs,” said Terry Fadem, a consultant who ran a private nonprofit organization created by Moskowitz, released Monday. I mentioned in an email in June 2017. Home Surveillance Commission and Veterans Home Commission..
“It can be used for hundreds of millions of revenues.”
Later, Moskowitz told then-Secretary of Veterans David Shulkin that he had discussed potential deals with Johnson & Johnson, CVS, and Apple. Schulkin was open to the plan, the email said.
The document does not indicate whether the veterans have ever signed a contract to sell veterans’ medical data. The Department of Veterans Affairs did not immediately respond to insider requests for comment.
Perlmutter By email, March 31, 2017 He was introduced by Apple CEO Tim Cook and J & J CEO Alex Gorsky by the president’s daughter, Ivanka Trump.
The email also suggests that President Trump was pleased to leave the task of organizing the Department of Veterans Affairs to the trio.
After the February 2017 meeting between Trump and Perlmutter, Perlmutter emailed Moskowitz, Shulkin, and medical industry leaders: [to transform the VA], “Every Monday release.
The email does not indicate whether Trump knew of a particular plan to sell veteran patient data, but his son-in-law, Jared Kushner, said in an email in March 2017. For VA, the president said he was “excited” to meet Perlmutter to discuss their plans.
The House Surveillance Commission and the Veterans’ Home Commission began investigating the trio’s behavior in February 2020, stating in their final report released Monday that they violated the law.
“The Federal Advisory Committee Act (FACA) requires groups that advise governments to operate with a transparent and balanced approach,” the Commission said.
“The Mar-a-Lago Trio refuses to comply with this law and, with the knowledge of Jared Kushner, Ivanka Trump (using a personal email account), and other White House top advisors, VA Policy Hidden efforts to influence the public. “
The Commission said, “Supported by President Trump’s connection with the Private Marago Club, he broke the law and exerted inappropriate influence on government officials to promote their own personal interests. I did. “
In a statement to ProPublica, Pearlmatter, Sherman and Moskowitz said: “”
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