Trump Drug Czar Nominee Withdraws After ’60 Minutes’ Expos

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Following a ’60 Minutes’ investigation that suggested he led a bid to weaken enforcement of the nation’s drug policing laws, President Trump’s nominee for Drug Czar, Rep. Tom Marino (R-Pa.) has withdrawn his name for consideration.
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As Politico reports, President Donald Trump said Monday that ‘we’re going to be looking into’ Rep. Tom Marino, the White House’s pick to be the nation’s next drug czar, after CBS’ “60 Minutes” and The Washington Post reported that the lawmaker championed a law that hobbled federal efforts to combat the abuse of opioids.

This post was published at Zero Hedge on Oct 17, 2017.

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