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Chad Chronister, a Florida sheriff, has withdrawn from consideration as President-elect Donald Trump’s pick to lead the Drug Enforcement Administration, he announced Tuesday. “Over the past several days,

Chronister published a statement on social media Tuesday saying that he would not pursue the position, although he called it “the honor of a lifetime.”