JTN: The Undersecretary of the Navy “misrepresented material facts” in his testimony given at a congressional hearing, lawyers for Navy and Marine service members told The Center Square.
His testimony under oath contradicted a Department of Defense Inspector General report that said the Navy was violating the Religious Freedom Restoration Act, U.S. Rep. Matt Gaetz, R-Florida, said. A federal judge last year chastised the DOD and Marine Corps for refusing to grant religious accommodation requests (RARs), adding it was the court’s responsibility to uphold the law when generals won’t.
At a hearing before the Military Personnel Subcommittee of the House Armed Services Committee, Gaetz asked Erik Raven, undersecretary and Chief Operating Officer and Chief Management Officer of the Navy, “Did the Navy send out form letters in response to people’s requests for religious exemptions” from the DOD vaccine mandate.
Raven replied, “I’d have to get back to you on that.”
“This is really important,” Gaetz said. “The law requires an individual assessment of people’s request for a religious exemption, right?” MORE
“misrepresented material facts”
Gov’t speak for outright lie.
The political, perfumed princes at the Pentagon are career employees who consider themselves above the law.
If by chance the Judiciary finds fault, the taxpayers pay any and all damages. The perfumed princes are rarely if ever held accountable for circumventing the law.
When you tell the truth, you don’t need to write it down to keep track of which lies you told to who.
All I can say is strawberries like in The Caine Mutiny. The Navy brass has gone psycho, and this isn’t the same Navy I served under 50 years ago. Admiral Zumwalt would’ve had these lying bastards keel hauled for this or at least walking the plank in shark infested waters.
This is what you end up with after Barry Soetoro purges the top brass of our armed forces. FBHO