Trump’s CISA nominee said he left Coast Guard to address GOP hold

President Donald Trump’s nominee to lead the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency privately told stakeholders he left his role in the U.S. Coast Guard to address concerns about his ties to shipbuilding work that led a Republican lawmaker to place a hold on his nomination late last year.

Sean Plankey told several peers this week that he wrapped up his time at the Coast Guard to show Sen. Rick Scott, R-Fla., that he is no longer involved in shipbuilding contract work and that there would be no reason for Scott’s office to place a hold on his confirmation in the Senate, according to two people familiar with the matter.

The people requested anonymity to discuss the specifics of private conversations concerning Plankey. He left the Coast Guard this week, where he had served in an advisory role for about the past year, Nextgov/FCW and Defense One first reported.

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