President-elect Donald Trump said he pulled Chad Chronister, a Florida sheriff, from being nominated to lead the Drug Enforcement Administration after Chronister announced he was taking himself out. Chronister had said he withdrew his nomination because “the gravity of this very important responsibility set in,

Chad Chronister, Donald Trump's pick to run the Drug Enforcement Administration, has withdrawn his name from consideration for the job, becoming the second person selected by the president-elect to bow out quickly after being selected for a position requiring Senate confirmation.

Florida sheriff Chad Chronister took his name out of the running three days after Trump announced he would nominate him to be the next DEA administrator.