Trump’s choice to lead the Drug Enforcement Administration is pulling out just two days after being named. He is claiming the “gravity” of the job as the reason.
On Sunday, Trump chose Chad Chronister, who is the sheriff of Hillsborough County, Florida, to lead the DEA. He said it was the “honour of a lifetime” and that he was “deeply humbled by this opportunity to serve our nation” at the time.
But on Tuesday, Chronister wrote on X that he had changed his mind.
“Over the past several days, as the gravity of this very important responsibility set in, I’ve concluded that I must respectfully withdraw from consideration,” Chronister said.
It’s the second Trump government pick to back out. Former Republican U.S. Rep. Matt Gaetz, Trump’s first choice for attorney general, dropped out of the running because it wasn’t clear if the Senate would approve him.
Trump has promised to deal with the fentanyl problem that has caused a lot of deaths from overdoses. The DEA will play a key role in that effort. As part of the Justice Department, the agency is in charge of enforcing the country’s drug laws. It has 10,000 workers, including 4,600 agents. It costs $3.2 billion to run.
For more than 32 years, Chronister has worked for the Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office. On Tuesday, he said, “There is more work to be done for the citizens of Hillsborough County and a lot of initiatives I am committed to fulfilling.”
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Trump let Chronister’s father-in-law, Edward DeBartolo Jr., off the hook in 2020 for his part in a gambling fraud case in Louisiana in the late 1990s.
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