President Donald Trump said Friday that Rep. John Ratcliffe was out of the running to be the director of national intelligence, saying he told the GOP lawmaker "how miserable it would be for him and his family" to move forward.
"Our great Republican Congressman John Ratcliffe is being treated very unfairly by the LameStream Media," Trump wrote on Twitter.
"Rather than going through months of slander and libel, I explained to John how miserable it would be for him and his family to deal with these people ... John has therefore decided to stay in Congress where he has done such an outstanding job representing the people of Texas, and our Country."Trump said he would announce a new nominee to oversee the government's intelligence agencies "shortly."
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