Chad Chronister, Trump's pick to lead DEA, withdraws from consideration

Chad Chronister, President-elect Donald Trump's pick to lead the Drug Enforcement Administration, announced Tuesday he is withdrawing his name from consideration, citing the goals he has yet to complete as sheriff of Hillsborough County, Florida.

Calling it "the honor of a lifetime" to have been nominated, Chronister said in a social media post on X, "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. There is more work to be done for the citizens of Hillsborough County and a lot of initiatives I am committed to fulfilling."

Trump had announced Saturday that he'd tap the Republican Florida sheriff to be the DEA's administrator and help to "stop the flow of Fentanyl, and other Illegal Drugs across the Southern Border."