USSR Saule Omarov’s native withdrew its candidacy presented for appointing a regulator of the activities of banks in the Ministry of Finance of the United States, and the US President Joe Biden accepted her refusal, said the White House.
“I took the request of Saul Omarova to remove her candidacy from nomination to the post of regulator of banks,” Baiden’s Interfax quotes.
“Saul would bring a valuable understanding and perspective to our important work on behalf of the American people. But, unfortunately, from the very beginning of his nomination, Saul was subjected to inappropriate personal attacks that were out of the framework of the permitted”, “said Bayden statement.
Omarov’s born in Soviet Kazakhstan faced the opposition from republicans and moderate democrats because of its upbringing in the Soviet Union, she was accused of wanting to nationalize the banking sector. So, at the hearing, on the approval of its candidacy last month, Senator John Kennedy wondered if he should be called Omarov “Professor” or “Comrade”.