President Trump on Friday backed away from his plan to nominate Rep. John Ratcliffe (R-Texas) as the next director of national intelligence after just five days.
Trump announced his intention to nominate Ratcliffe, who he praised as a "highly respected congressman," to replace Dan Coats on June 28. But Ratcliffe drew scrutiny in the following days when reports from The New York Times and other outlets emerged that he allegedly exaggerated aspects of his career as a prosecutor. Sen. Mark Warner (D-Va.), the Senate Intelligence Committee's top Democrat, said that this "raises enormous red flags," CNN reports.
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