“Unable to untangle his complex financial holdings to the satisfaction of the Office of Government Ethics, Cubs board member Todd Ricketts, tapped by President Trump to be the Deputy Commerce Secretary, withdrew his nomination,” the Chicago Sun-Times has learned.
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