U.S. Senate hearing to confirm Trump pick Issa for trade post delayed by concern over FBI check

The U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee postponed a hearing on Thursday to consider former congressman Darrell Issa to lead the U.S. Trade and Development Agency, after Democrats accused the White House of withholding potentially compromising details in a background check. The panel's Republican chairman, Jim Risch, said consideration of Issa, President Donald Trump's nominee for the post, was postponed about half an hour into an acrimonious hearing. Senator Bob Menendez, the committee's ranking Democrat, said the White House had blocked access for all committee members to possibly compromising information on Issa.