POLITICO: Trump USDA pick, linked to Russia probe, withdraws from consideration
Clovis had been under criticism for his lack of science credentials and links to the Russia questions swirling around the Trump campaign.
Adios, Sam Clovis. We hardly knew ye. This was the guy Donald Trump nominated to be chief scientist at the USDA, except he wasn’t a scientist. But he was in charge of George Papadopolous, the former Trump campaign adviser who just pleaded guilty to lying to the FBI.
