Sean Higgins, United States Air Force Veteran and Memphis VA Medical Center whistleblower, stands outside the Memphis VA Medical Center building. “I’m here because I’m a veteran and that could be me in that building,” Higgins said.Just a day before President Donald Trump signed into law protections for whistleblowers at Veterans Affairs facilities around the country, the whistleblower at the Memphis VA facility was handed a termination letter.
The June 22 letter says Sean Higgins had showed “disruptive behavior” and used profanity in the workplace. Higgins said the move is the product of retaliation from upper-level administrators whom he had accused of unethical behavior.
He said he used profanity in a one-on-one meeting.
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