The Trump administration is withdrawing the nomination of a former federal prosecutor to oversee sanctions at the Treasury Department, according to two White House officials.
Jessie Liu had been the U.S. attorney in charge of the office that prosecuted Roger Stone, a political ally of President Donald Trump. The decision to pull her nomination came after the Justice Department on Tuesday reduced its recommendation for the duration of Stone's sentence, a reversal that followed a Trump tweet criticizing prosecutors' initial recommendation as too harsh.
Trump said on Tuesday that the initial seven-to-nine-year sentence prosecutors recommended for Stone was "an insult to our country." Four prosecutors resigned from the case after DOJ reduced their recommendation.
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