# Sailor assigned to Congress’s medical office had to cut lawmaker’s toenails

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/sailor-assigned-to-congresss-medical-office-had-to-cut-lawmakers-toenails/
- Published: 2026-11-13T13:45:01+00:00
- Updated: 2026-11-13T14:37:36+00:00
- Original publisher: Washington Examiner (publisher lean: Right)
- Original article: https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/policy/defense/4802494/sailor-assigned-congresss-medical-office-cut-lawmakers-toenails/
- Topics: Government, Politics

## Key points

- Former sailors describe duties beyond their medical roles.
- One says they had to clip a lawmaker’s toenails.
- A Pentagon inspector general investigation is nearing completion.

## Summary

Former Navy sailors assigned to Congress’s Office of the Attending Physician say they were made to perform duties outside their medical roles, including clipping a lawmaker’s toenails. The Pentagon inspector general is nearing the end of an investigation into alleged abuses at the office, which provided convenient medical access to members of Congress and the Supreme Court.

The office is a small service intended to handle medical emergencies for lawmakers and Supreme Court justices. Navy sailors had staffed it in part, and the assignment was generally regarded as prestigious, but former personnel say lawmakers used staff for mundane tasks. The article gives no number of sailors involved or further details about the investigation’s findings.

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