Judiciary Committee objected to her nomination. On December 10, 2019, President Trump announced his intent to nominate Liu as Under Secretary for Terrorism and Financial Crimes at the Department of the Treasury. The nomination was submitted to the U.S. Senate on January 6, 2020. Some Republicans doubted her conservative credentials and loyalty to Trump. As a US attorney, Liu had overseen some ancillary cases referred by the Mueller investigation including the prosecution of longtime Trump associate Roger Stone, as well as a politically charged case involving former FBI deputy director Andrew McCabe, a frequent target of Trump's ire. In January 2020 she determined there was insufficient evidence to indict McCabe. She was then transferred to the Treasury Department to await her confirmation, as Barr replaced her with his close advisor Timothy Shea. On February 11, 2020, Trump withdrew her nomination, two days before her confirmation hearing was scheduled to begin. CNN reported that Liu's nomination was withdrawn because she was perceived to be insufficiently involved in the Stone and McCabe cases. Liu resigned from the government on February 12, 2020. Days later it was reported that before Liu's nomination was withdrawn, Trump was presented with a lengthy memo describing a variety of ways Liu was perceived to be disloyal, primarily by not prosecuting individuals Trump disliked. Awards and honors Liu has received numerous awards. She was named a White Collar Trailblazer by the National Law Journal in 2015, was named among the Best Lawyers Under 40 by the National Asian Pacific American Bar Association in 2011, received a Rising Star Award from the Asian Pacific American Bar Association of Washington, D.C., in 2011, and received a Service Award from the National Association of Women Lawyers in 2005. Personal life She is married to Michael Abramowicz, a lawyer who also attended Yale Law School. See also Michael Flynn Rick Gates (political consultant) Timeline of investigations into Trump and Russia (2019–2020) References External links Biography at U.S. Department of Justice Living people 1973 births 21st-century American lawyers American politicians of Taiwanese descent Assistant United States Attorneys Harvard University alumni People from Kingsville, Texas United States Attorneys for the District of Columbia Washington, D.C., Republicans Yale Law School alumni People associated with Jenner & Block 21st-century American women lawyers People associated with Morrison & Foerster Asian conservatism in the United States