No loyalty, no job

Two Senate aides confirmed to The Hill Monday afternoon that Elaine McCusker’s nomination to be Pentagon comptroller has been withdrawn, news that was first reported by Politico. The White House sent a notice confirming the withdrawal later in the evening.

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McCusker has been acting comptroller since the summer and was officially nominated to the position in November.

Her role as acting comptroller put her in the center of Trump’s decision to withhold $250 million in military aid to Ukraine, a decision that ultimately led to his impeachment.

In emails published by Just Security after a Freedom of Information Act request, McCusker expressed concerns about the legality of withholding the funds.

One exchange showed her at odds with White House Office of Management and Budget official Michael Duffey. When Duffey told her that it would be the Pentagon’s fault, not the White House’s, if funds weren’t spent by the legally mandated deadline, McCusker replied: “You can’t be serious. I am speechless.”

The Government Accountability Office later determined that withholding the aid violated the law.

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The New York Post reported last month that McCusker’s nomination was in trouble over the Ukraine row. At the time, Senate Armed Services Committee Chairman Jim Inhofe (R-Okla.) dismissed the report, saying the White House and Pentagon hadn’t told him of a change in the nomination and that he didn’t plan to follow up on an anonymously sourced report.

  The Hill

He should have known better.

And the purging continues.

...but hey, do what you want...you will anyway.