Former VA secretary David Shulkin violated ethics rules by allowing an employee to drive his wife around, agency watchdog says. An investigation by the Department of Veterans Affairs’ inspector general determined Shulkin permitted his driver to transport his wife on several occasions in violation of ethics rules. But the watchdog report largely cleared Shulkin of allegations he misused his security detail for shopping and other errands. Shulkin was fired by President Donald Trump last March, several weeks after a separate In Game: investigation found he had misused taxpayer dollars on a European trip with his wife in 2017. Source 6l.