川普挑選的駐新加坡大使人選放棄提名

U.S. President Donald Trump's pick to be ambassador to Singapore has withdrawn her nomination, after confirmation proceedings for her stalled in the Senate.

Trump said he was "disappointed" that K.T. McFarland would not be his ambassador to Singapore and blamed Democrats for impeding her nomination.

"Unfortunately, some Democrats chose to play politics rather than move forward with a qualified nominee for a critically important post," he said in a statement.

McFarland's nomination faced opposition from Democrats and some Republicans over accusations she deceived the Senate in relation to the Russia investigation.

McFarland had served as deputy to Trump's former National Security Advisor Michael Flynn and testified to the Senate that she was not aware of conversations that Flynn had with Russian officials.

However, court documents later revealed that Flynn had emailed McFarland about his contacts with the Russian envoy during the 2016 presidential transition.

Flynn has pleaded guilty to lying to the Federal Bureau of Investigation about his contacts with Russia.由於對美國總統川普提名的美國駐新加坡大使人選凱瑟琳·麥克法蘭的參議院審批過程受阻，她已經放棄了對自己的提名。

川普表示，他對麥克法蘭不能成爲他的駐新加坡大使感到“失望”，並指責民主黨人阻撓對她的任命。

川普總統在一份聲明中說，“不幸的是，一些民主黨人選擇玩弄政治而不是推動對一個非常重要的職位的一位合格人選的任命”。

對麥克法蘭的提名面臨着來自民主黨人以及一些共和黨人的反對，原因在於他們指責她在涉俄調查中欺騙參議院。

麥克法蘭曾經是川普第一任國家安全顧問弗林在位時的副手。她在參議院作證時表示，她不知道弗林和俄羅斯官員之間有過交談一事。

但是法院文後來顯示，弗林曾經就他在2016年總統大選後過渡期間與俄羅斯特使的接觸給麥克法蘭發過電郵。

弗林已經就自己和俄羅斯方面的接觸向聯邦調查局撒謊一事認罪。