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Political appointments
Posted on: November 2, 2017 at 12:55:32 CT
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Former Trump campaign aide Sam Clovis, who has been swept up in special counsel Robert Mueller's Russia probe, has withdrawn from consideration to be the Department of Agriculture's chief scientist, according to a letter Clovis sent on Wednesday to President Donald Trump.
Clovis had been under criticism for months for his lack of science credentials and, in recent days, for his role supervising George Papadopoulos, a Trump campaign foreign policy adviser who struck a plea deal on charges he lied to FBI investigators about his communications with Russia-linked contacts.
The undersecretary post by law is supposed to be filled by someone drawn from “among distinguished scientists with specialized training or significant experience in agricultural research, education and economics.” Clovis taught business administration and policy classes at Morningside College in Iowa before becoming Trump's campaign co-chair.
Edited by Silas at 12:57:28 on 11/02/17
Clovis had been under criticism for months for his lack of science credentials and, in recent days, for his role supervising George Papadopoulos, a Trump campaign foreign policy adviser who struck a plea deal on charges he lied to FBI investigators about his communications with Russia-linked contacts.
The undersecretary post by law is supposed to be filled by someone drawn from “among distinguished scientists with specialized training or significant experience in agricultural research, education and economics.” Clovis taught business administration and policy classes at Morningside College in Iowa before becoming Trump's campaign co-chair.
Edited by Silas at 12:57:28 on 11/02/17
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