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Article snippet: Ronny Jackson, Wednesday evening to save his sinking nomination. Jackson met with Sen. MORE (R-N.C.), a member of the Senate Veterans’ Affairs Committee, which has jurisdiction over his nomination, hours after Democrats released an explosive memo detailing allegations against Jackson ranging from drunkenness to improper handling of prescription drugs. Tillis, one of Trump’s stronger allies in the Senate GOP conference, met with Jackson after regular business hours in one of the Capitol’s upstairs hideaways to sort through the allegations. “He’s giving me more information so I can get down to the facts,” Tillis said as he emerged from the meeting. “The problem that we have is we’ve got allegations. We’ve got to pin every one of them down and that’s the purpose of the meeting.” Jackson, who was swarmed by reporters and television cameramen as he made his way to a vehicle waiting outside the Capitol, declined to respond to questions about whether he thought the allegations were unfair. Hours earlier, Senate Democrats released a list of 20 specific allegations that have been leveled against Jackson by current and former colleagues of Jackson, who serves as chief physician to President Trump and held the same position to President Obama. These sources allege that Jackson received the nickname of “Candyman” from White House staff because he would freely dole out prescription drugs without the proper paperwork. They claim he wrote out prescriptions to himself and woul... Link to the full article to read more