Baldwin aide breaks silence, alleges senator engaged in ‘coverup’

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Watchdog.org:

M.D. Kittle

April 20, 2015

 

MADISON, Wis. — Marquette Baylor is finally speaking out against her long-time boss, U.S. Sen. Tammy Baldwin.

 

Baylor, fired by the Madison Democrat in February following a scandal at the Tomah Veterans Affairs Medical Center that has embroiled the junior senator, has filed an ethics complaint against Baldwin. It claims the senator lied and has engaged in a political cover-up.

 

“I, Marquette Baylor, bring this Ethics Complaint against my former employer, Senator Tammy Baldwin, for making false statements and representations to cover up actions by her Chief of Staff and protect her political career,” Baylor states in the complaint, filed Monday with the Senate Select Committee on Ethics.

 

Baldwin caught heat after investigative reports in January detailing allegations of abuses at the VA medical center, principally the overprescribing of painkillers that allegedly led to the deaths of several patients.

 

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Watchdog Group Calls for Ethics Investigation of Baldwin

 

Calls are mounting for the Senate Select Committee on Ethics to investigate Sen. Tammy Baldwin (D., Wis.) for her alleged cover-up of her office’s handling of a scandal at a Veterans Affairs hospital in Tomah, Wisconsin.

 

The watchdog group Foundation for Accountability and Civic Trust (FACT) sent a letter to the Senate Ethics Committee on Thursday calling on the committee to investigate two complaints filed against Baldwin this week regarding the Tomah affair.

 

“It appears that Senator Baldwin attempted to use taxpayer funds to hide information from those very taxpayers,” FACT director Matthew Whitaker said in the letter. “It is this type of behavior that erodes public trust in our public officials, and reflects poorly on the Senate as a whole.”

 

The Center for Investigative Reporting released a bombshell investigative report in January revealing that the Tomah VA facility was handing out strong narcotic painkillers with such frequency and ease that it was nicknamed “Candy Land” by veterans. One of those veterans died of an overdose last year while in the inpatient psychiatric ward.

 

http://freebeacon.com/issues/watchdog-group-calls-for-ethics-investigation-of-baldwin/