Loyalty is an attribute prized by President Donald Trump for those who work for him, and he will not hesitate to dismiss someone from his family business or his administration if he believes they are lacking in that department.

That was confirmed on Friday when Trump suddenly withdrew his nomination of Donald Korb to be a top tax attorney at the Treasury Department, according to the Daily Caller.

Concerns had been raised by some about Korb's documented history of financial support for prominent Democratic officials and lawmakers, though he has also donated to a few Republicans over the years.

Nomination withdrawn

In a Friday afternoon Truth Social post, President Trump 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!"

Trump did not provide any explanation for his decision to withdraw Korb's nomination, but the Daily Caller noted that some Republicans in Congress had taken issue with the tax attorney's past political donations to Democrats, such as Gina Raimondo, the former Rhode Island governor and Commerce secretary under former President Joe Biden.

That is a problem because, as governor, Raimondo helped lead a coalition of progressive governors to obstruct and defeat Trump during his first term in office, then, as head of the Commerce Department, played a key role in implementing the Biden administration's leftist policies and reckless spending.

Another problem for Korb in the eyes of some was his prior work in the past decades for the Internal Revenue Service, including as IRS General Counsel under former President George W. Bush, and prior to that as a key architect of the Tax Reform Act of 1986, which prompted questions about his ability and commitment to overseeing efforts to depoliticize and radically transform the tax collection agency.

Exposed by Loomer

While those concerns from some Republicans had been previously raised, Politico reported that the final straw for Korb's nomination may have been a recent negative report about him from right-wing investigative journalist Laura Loomer, who recently highlighted the nominee's prior close connections to Democrats.

The outlet noted that Loomer has been successful on multiple occasions this year in convincing President Trump to fire certain officials or withdraw the nominations of individuals whom she has exposed as being insufficiently loyal to Trump's America First policy agenda.

Florida-based reporter Eric Daugherty noted in an X post that Loomer had revealed this week that Korb had "praised Chuck Schumer, donated to Democrats, received support from anti-Trump Democrat United States Senator Sheldon Whitehouse, and mistreated IRS whistleblowers."

Per Daugherty, she further noted of the nominee, "Shockingly, Korb once referred to rabid Trump hater Chuck Schumer as 'the guy who can get things done.'"

Decades of experience as a tax attorney

Since 2009, Korb has been a partner at the prestigious Sullivan & Cromwell law firm -- which has collectively donated millions to Democrats over the years, per the Daily Caller -- where he served as head of the Tax Controversy Practice, in large part because of his years of experience gained while employed at the IRS.

Korb, who began his public service career as an attorney adviser for the IRS Chief Counsel's office in the 1970s, later served as an assistant to the commissioner in the mid-1980s, and finally ascended to the role of Chief Counsel in the late 2000s.

Aside from the approximate decade combined that he spent in the IRS, Korb has also served in the private sector as a tax attorney for more than four decades, where he has been widely recognized as being at the forefront of his field.