President Donald Trump just withdrew his nomination of Donald Korb to be the Assistant General Counsel at the Department of Treasury. 

Trump announced his decision on social media on Friday.

Take a look:

Donald J. Trump Truth Social Post 02:44 PM EST 11/14/25

Please be advised that I am withdrawing the nomination of Donald Korb to be Assistant General Counsel in the Department of the Treasury. Thank you for your attention to this matter!

— Commentary Donald J. Trump Posts From Truth Social (@TrumpDailyPosts) November 14, 2025

"Please be advised..."

The president kept his announcement, that he is withdrawing Korb's nomination, short.

He simply wrote:

Please be advised that I am withdrawing the nomination of Donald Korb to be Assistant General Counsel in the Department of the Treasury. Thank you for your attention to this matter!

No further explanation was provided by Trump.

The president had nominated Korb for the post earlier this year.

Just the News reports:

Trump nominated Korb for the post in April. The Senate made its cloture motion earlier this week. It remains unclear whether Korb's nomination would have succeeded.

What happened?

While president Trump has not provided any further explanation about his decision to withdraw Korb's nomination, the Daily Caller provides some insight as to what may have motivated Trump to do so.

The outlet reports that Trump withdrew Korb's nomination "after questions surfaced about his past donations to Democrats."

Per the outlet:

Republicans previously voiced concerns about Trump’s Internal Revenue Service (IRS) Chief Counsel nominee, Korb, pointing to his past political contributions to Democrats. These donations included several thousand dollars to former Rhode Island Governor and Biden Commerce Secretary, Gina Raimondo, from 2013 to 2019. While governor, Raimondo helped lead a 2020 coalition of progressive groups aimed at advancing liberal priorities and defeating Trump in crucial battleground states. As Commerce Secretary, she reportedly pushed to fully allocate agency funds before leaving office and protect left-wing spending ambitions, and she also hosted the department’s first “Equity Town Hall.”

It has also been discovered that the law firm that Korb had worked for, Sullivan & Cromwell’s Tax Controversy Practice, had given millions to Democrats, making it the third-largest donor among law firms in the country.

This is not the first time, in recent months, that we have seen Trump withdraw a nomination due to the fact that the nominee was caught working with the Democrats on something. The big question here is how such candidates were not screened out in the first place.