A senior official at the Justice Department has withdrawn a letter that appeared to place a retired FBI agent under scrutiny for his participation in the defamation case against Alex Jones over false claims about the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting.

Ed Martin, head of the DOJ’s Weaponization Working Group, formally withdrew a Sept. 15 letter on Wednesday after media reports surfaced highlighting his inquiry into William Aldenberg, a former FBI agent and plaintiff in the Sandy Hook defamation lawsuit. In that now-retracted letter, Martin asked whether Aldenberg had financially benefited from the lawsuit and warned that “there are criminal laws protecting the citizens from actions by government employees who may be acting for personal benefit.”