Posted on 12/04/2024 11:20:36 AM PST by thegagline
President-elect Donald Trump used a “forceful hand” to get his Drug Enforcement Agency pick to drop out on Tuesday after hearing “concerns” about the Floridian’s record, sources familiar told The Post — leading outgoing Rep. Anthony D’Esposito (R-NY) to make a bid for the position.
Hillsborough County Sheriff Chad Chronister issued a lengthy statement indicating he was withdrawing his name for the DEA slot — but did not reveal the specific reason he was dropping out of the confirmation process after just three days.
“Everyone knows President Trump calls the shots,” a well-placed source spilled. “The president heard the concerns about Sheriff Chronister and acted accordingly.”
It was the president’s forceful hand that led him to remove his name,” a second source said.
Reps. Thomas Massie (R-Ky.) and Chip Roy (R-Texas) had lambasted Chronister for having arrested Pastor Rodney Howard-Browne at the height of the COVID-19 pandemic for breaking lockdown mandates by holding worship services at his church.
The second source disclosed that Trump, 78, “was very displeased with the revelations about his arrest of the pastor and some of his other actions that he took as a sheriff.”
“Arresting pastors for trying to keep their churches open is a non-negotiable with the president, and that’s what the sheriff was accused of, and the president did not like that,” the source added.
Chronister had also spoken about his arrest of the pastor at the time, tweeting that Howard-Browne “intentionally and repeatedly disregarded state and local public health orders, which put his congregation and our community in danger.”
Those remarks about the arrest also did not please Trump, the second source said***
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I can’t believe that someone didn’t inform him of this earlier
This says a lot of good things. Happy to read this.
I’d like to know who recommended this guy to Trump to begin with.
what you said...
Same. They need to do deep dives on these picks. Glad he’s gone.
>> Trump’s second term promises to be transformative in the best sense of the word. January 20 can’t come soon enough.
Amen.
Not just who recommended him but who vetted him.
> I can’t believe that someone didn’t inform him of this earlier <
It looks like someone gave Trump the positives on Sheriff Chronister, but no one brought up the negatives.
Which means Trump ought to seriously consider shaking up his vetting team.
“ I’d like to know who recommended this guy to Trump to begin with.”
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MEGA DITTOS to that.
What’s the most important here is that Trump has learned his lesson from 2016, and is now listening to US when it comes to who he hires
My question is, if Trump told Chronister to withdraw because Chronister had arrested a pastor for keeping his church open during Covid, why did Trump even offer Chronister the DEA post to begin with?
I’m disappointed his team didn’t discover this before the appointment but satisfied with end result.
>>>Trump ought to seriously consider shaking up his vetting team.<<<
Agree 100%
Who recommended this jerk to Trump in the first place? If it’s another appointee, time to dump that appointee as well
My thought as well.
Trump needs to assign someone to read FR.
‘Glad he’s gone.’
F.I.F.E. sybdrome.
Because he didn't know about the arrest when he made the offer, ie new info.
Perhaps.
But, can you imagine just how many potential candidates for these offices he must wade through in a short time.
That’s a valid question. I don’t think we will ever get an answer to that question.
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