FEMA/NOMINATIONS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “The White House will pull the nomination of Jeffrey Byard to be the head of the Federal Emergency Management Agency after a federal inquiry into a possible barroom altercation involving Mr. Byard prompted concern in Congress and the White House, according to federal officials familiar with the investigation. While the F.B.I. determined that the allegations facing Mr. Byard were unsubstantiated, the White House is expected to nominate the current acting administrator of FEMA, Peter T. Gaynor, to lead the agency instead. That move is expected before the end of the month, officials said. President Trump said in February that he would nominate Mr. Byard after Brock Long resigned as the chief of the agency.”
–Zolan Kanno-Youngs and Christopher Flavelle, “White House to Pull Nomination of FEMA Pick Amid Claims of Barroom Altercation,” The New York Times online, September 18, 2019