--- title: White House: Ronny Jackson Isn't Leaving His Post description: The White House is pushing back on reports that Ronny Jackson will no longer serve as President Trump's personal doctor canonical: https://time.com/5259627/ronny-jackson-white-house-physician/ author: Maya Rhodan article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2018-04-30T14:53:20.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-10-12T09:08:01.147Z article:section: Politics og:title: White House: Ronny Jackson Is Not Leaving His Post og:description: Officials pushed back on reports he would leave. og:url: https://time.com/5259627/ronny-jackson-white-house-physician/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt12ab511d7885ce61/69892f0c929fad015abf068f/rtx5y9sj1.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 3220 og:image:height: 1811 og:image:alt: FILE PHOTO - Ronny Jackson, U.S. President Donald Trump's nominee to be U.S. Secretary of Veterans Affairs, on Capitol Hill in Washington og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: White House: Ronny Jackson Is Not Leaving His Post twitter:description: Officials pushed back on reports he would leave. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt12ab511d7885ce61/69892f0c929fad015abf068f/rtx5y9sj1.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # White House: Ronny Jackson Is Not Leaving His Post > Sponsored content. 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Ronny Jackson, the White House physician who served three presidents, has withdrawn his nomination for head of the Department of Veterans Affairs following mounting allegations of professional misconduct Thursday morning._ by [Maya Rhodan](https://time.com/author/maya-rhodan/) ## Maya Rhodan Apr 30, 2018 2:53 PM UTC by [Maya Rhodan](https://time.com/author/maya-rhodan/) ## Maya Rhodan Apr 30, 2018 2:53 PM UTC The White House pushed back on reports that White House physician Ronny Jackson[ would not be returning to his role](http://time.com/5259295/ronny-jackson-donal-trump-personal-physician/) after a string of reports about his conduct led him to withdraw from consideration to head up the Department of Veterans Affairs. On Sunday, _Politico_ first reported that Jackson would remain within the medical unit of the White House, but he would not be serving as the president’s personal doctor going forward. The White House said Monday that it has no personnel changes to announce. “Rear Admiral Ronny Jackson is currently on active duty, assigned to the White House as Deputy Assistant to the President,” said White House spokesperson Raj Shah. “Despite published reports, there are no personnel announcements at this time.” Jackson’s selection took many by surprise given his lack of experience heading up a major organization—Veterans Affairs is the second-largest federal agency after the Pentagon. But last week, the office of Montana Sen. John Tester, a Democrat,[ released a litany of allegations against Jackson](https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/read-the-exact-charges-against-vetarans-affairs-nominee-ronny-jackson), including claims that he was often drunk at work and overprescribed drugs. Jackson denied the allegations, but withdrew from the nomination process. The Secret Service also came to Jackson’s defense, releasing a statement [denying a report that officers had to intervene](https://www.secretservice.gov/data/press/releases/2018/18-APR/CMR%5F19-18%5Ffinal.pdf) to stop Jackson from potentially disturbing President Obama while on an overseas trip. Trump has defended Jackson and called for Tester, who is up for re-election, to resign. > [](https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/990307626784362496) > [](https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/990200773232529413) > [](https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/990202926114189312) ## Transcript [ MUSIC ] [ MUSIC ] [ MUSIC ] These are all false accusations. They are trying to destroy a man. But for John tester to start bringing up stuff like candyman. Are the kind of things he was saying. And then say, what? These are just statements that are made. There's no proof of this. And he has a perfect record. He's got this beautiful record, unblemished. 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