President Trump's nominee for a top post at the U.S. Export-Import (EXIM) Bank withdrew his nomination this week amid scrutiny over his ties to Russia. Bryce McFerran, who was nominated as first vice president and vice chair of EXIM bank, was slated to appear for his confirmation hearing on Thursday. An EXIM spokesperson confirmed to The Hill that he has withdrawn his nomination. McFerran drew scrutiny from Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), the top Democrat on the Senate Banking Committee, after The Washington Post obtained federal financial disclosures showing he spent much of the past decade as a senior executive at a Swiss subsidiary of Evraz PLC, a steel-trading business co-owned by Russian billionaire Roman Abramovich.