Trump’s pick to run the DEA withdraws his name from consideration. Trump says he pulled the plug

Associated Press

NEW YORK (AP) — Donald Trump’s pick to run the Drug Enforcement Administration says he’s withdrawing his name from consideration. Sheriff Chad Chronister of Hillsborough County, Florida, made the announcement in a post on X Tuesday evening. He called the nomination “the honor of a lifetime” but said he had concluded he must “back away from the opportunity.” He didn’t  explain why. On Wednesday, Trump claimed he was the one who made the call, saying in a social media post, “I did not like what he said to my pastors and other supporters.” In March 2020, Chronister arrested the pastor of a megachurch who held services with hundreds of people and violated a safer-at-home order in place aimed at limiting the spread of the COVID-19.