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,
Donald Trump’s lawyers pointed to an unlikely person in demanding a judge dismiss the president-elect’s New York criminal case: Hunter Biden. Trump’s attorneys said in a court filing made public Tuesday that President Joe Biden’s controversial pardon of his son echoed Trump’s complaints about the prosecution. “Yesterday, in issuing a 10-year pardon to Hunter Biden
‘There is more work to be done for the citizens of Hillsborough County,’ the sheriff Chad Chronister said on X. Chad Chronister, Hillsborough County Sheriff in Florida, withdrew his bid to become head of the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) next year days after being nominated by President-elect Donald Trump for the role. Chronister posted
The Republican incumbent trails his Democratic challenger by 165 votes in the 13th Congressional District. While Republicans are projected to hold onto control of the U.S. House of Representatives after the November general election, a single race remains uncalled by the Associated Press as of Dec. 3. Republican incumbent Rep. John Duarte (R-Calif.) trails Democratic
Trump’s motion cited the president’s pardon of his son, Hunter Biden. President-elect Donald Trump has filed a motion requesting that New York Supreme Court Justice Juan Merchan dismiss his New York criminal case and verdicts against him. “Wrongly continuing proceedings in this failed lawfare case disrupts President Trump’s transition efforts and his preparations to wield
Trump’s motion cited the president’s pardon of his son, Hunter Biden. President-elect Donald Trump has filed a motion requesting that New York Supreme Court Justice Juan Merchan dismiss his New York criminal case and verdicts against him. “Wrongly continuing proceedings in this failed lawfare case disrupts President Trump’s transition efforts and his preparations to wield
Republicans could use the opening to push for more information on Biden family influence-peddling (Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images) Hunter Biden will no longer be able to invoke his Fifth Amendment right to silence if he is called to testify before Congress after accepting a presidential pardon from his father, two former House general counsels told the