Milwaukee County Sheriff David Clarke has "rescinded his acceptance" of an offer to join the Trump administration, a spokesman says.
Clarke announced in a radio interview last month that he had accepted an offer to become an assistant secretary in the U.S. Department of Homeland Security. He said the position was in the Office of Partnership and Engagement as a liaison with state, local and tribal law enforcement.
But the agency never publicly announced the position.
In a statement late Saturday, Clarke spokesman Eric O'Keefe said the sheriff notified Homeland Security Secretary John Kelly on ...
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