Trump Pulls Nomination of Former U.S. Attorney

President Trump is withdrawing his nomination for former U.S. attorney for D.C. Jessie Liu to serve as the Treasury Department’s undersecretary for terrorism and financial crimes, Axios reports.

“Liu was expected to stay in her position as U.S. attorney through her confirmation — with a hearing before the Senate Banking Committee scheduled for this Thursday — but was unexpectedly informed last month that Attorney General Bill Barr was replacing her with his close adviser Timothy Shea.”

“She was informed that Trump was pulling her nomination Tuesday afternoon.”