President-elect Donald Trump claimed Wednesday that he, not Hillsborough Sheriff Chad Chronister, decided to pull the plug on Chronister’s nomination to serve as administrator of the Drug Enforcement Administration.

Chad Chronister, a Florida sheriff, has withdrawn from consideration as President-elect Donald Trump’s pick to lead the Drug Enforcement Administration, he announced Tuesday. “Over the past several days,

President-elect Donald Trump said he pulled Chad Chronister, a Florida sheriff, from being nominated to lead the Drug Enforcement Administration after Chronister announced he was taking himself out. Chronister had said he withdrew his nomination because “the gravity of this very important responsibility set in,