Trump FEMA Nominee Withdraws After Report Emerges That He Falsified Records

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Things continue going smoothly at the Trump administration.

President Donald Trump’s nominee for the No. 2 spot at the Federal Emergency Management Agency withdrew from consideration on Wednesday after NBC News raised questions about a federal investigation that found he had falsified government travel and timekeeping records when he served in the Bush administration in 2005.

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