Over the weekend, “60 Minutes” broadcast a story describing how a change in federal law last year curbed the ability of the Drug Enforcement Administration to freeze suspicious narcotic shipments from those companies.

Joe Rannazzisi, former head of the Office of Diversion Control for the DEA, was interviewed. He said members of Congress and the drug industry ultimately overcame earlier objections from law enforcement and won the day.

And it turned out that Trump’s nominee to head the Office of National Drug Control Policy championed the industry-friendly legislation that vexed lawman Rannazzisi. Rep. Tom Marino (R-Pa.), the nominee, helped steer the drive to go easier on the drug companies.

And there was substantial fallout from the story. President Donald Trump tweeted Tuesday that Rep. Tom Marino, a Pennsylvania Republican, has withdrawn his name from consideration to become the nation’s next drug czar. A replacement candidate will have to be picked.

Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) was among those calling for the withdrawal on Monday. Before Trump’s announcement Tuesday, Manchin, who represents one of the hardest-hit states in the epidemic, told CNN’s Chris Cuomo on “New Day” that Marino’s bill “allowed hundreds and hundreds of thousands of people get killed.”

“Over my dead body will he be the drug czar,” he said.

“There’s no way that in having the title of the drug czar that you’ll be taken seriously or effectively by anyone in West Virginia and the communities that have been affected by this knowing that you were involved in something that had this type of effect,” Manchin said.

The congressman’s withdrawal comes after a joint CBS “60 Minutes” and Washington Post report revealed that Marino took nearly $100,000 from the pharmaceutical lobby while sponsoring a bill that made it easier for drug companies to distribute opioids across American communities and thwart the Drug Enforcement Agency.

Trump spoke with radio host Brian Kilmeade following Marino’s decision. “He told me, look, if there is even a perception that he has a conflict of interest with insurance companies, essentially, but if there is even a perception of a conflict of interest, he doesn’t want anything to do with it,” Trump said.

It was not immediately clear what Trump meant when he referred to insurance companies. “There was a couple of articles having to do with him and drug companies and I will tell you, he felt compelled, he feels very strong about the opioid problem,” the President added. “Tom Marino said, ‘Look, I’ll take a pass, I have no choice, I really will take a pass, I want to do it.'”