TJ Gruber Hearing 01042023

Apparently a current sitting Medical Board Member, Dr Richard Thorp gave a character witness for a doctor who is currently under investigation by the board for overprescribing meds to addicts. Can you say conflict of interest??? Medical Board member TJ Watkins called attention to the matter at the doctor's hearing today (1/04/2023), but the Administrative Law Judge shut down the line of questioning.
The real question is, why wasn't this questioned before now??? The rest of the medical board members all just sat on their hands, too afraid to ruffle feathers. It's sickening.