State Department spokeswoman Heather Nauert withdrew her name from consideration for the nomination of U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations on Saturday.
The State Department made the announcement in a release.
“I am grateful to President Trump and Secretary Pompeo for the trust they have placed in me for considering me for the position of U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations,” Nauert wrote Saturday. “However, the past two months have been grueling for my family and therefore it is in the best interest of my family that I withdraw my name from consideration.”
It wasn’t clear from the release whether Nauert would continue on serving as the State Department’s spokeswoman.
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Sources familiar with Nauert’s bid to represent the U.S. at the United Nations told The New York Times that her withdrawal centered around her employment of a nanny who was in the country legally but was working without proper authorization for employment in the U.S.
Nauert joined the Trump administration in 2017 following a career as a journalist at Fox News and ABC News. She joined the State Department under Pompeo’s predecessor, former Secretary of State Rex Tillerson.
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JUST IN: Trump UN ambassador pick, a former Fox News host, has withdrawn her name from consideration https://t.co/yGNvS2dKVm pic.twitter.com/3Kb3RkPxnf
— The Hill (@thehill) February 17, 2019
Also: Nominees accept the nomination, when good sense would tell them that declining right at the start would save them a lot of trouble. https://t.co/TfgVL3RNio
— Tom Nichols (@RadioFreeTom) February 17, 2019
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