Sheriff David Clarke won't take a role with DHS

Milwaukee Sheriff David Clarke is “appreciative” of the opportunity, but has now withdrawn his name to be considered for assistant secretary in the Office of Partnership and Engagement at the Homeland Security Department.

“Late Friday, Milwaukee County Sheriff David Clarke Jr. formally notified Secretary of Homeland Security John F. Kelly that he had rescinded his acceptance of the agency’s offer to join DHS as an assistant secretary,” Craig Peterson, an adviser to Clarke, said in a statement send out Saturday. “Sheriff Clarke is 100 percent committed to the success of President Trump and believes his skills could be better utilized to promote the president’s agenda in a more aggressive role.”