 In response, Trump blamed the Democrats, noting that they "chose to play politics rather than move forward with a qualified nominee for a critically important post" even though Senate Republicans could have approved her nomination unilaterally given their majority, which suggests that some of them may have been hesitant to approve her.In September 2018 it became known that she had indeed walked back her story to the special prosecutor.The FBI accepted McFarland's contention that she had not misstated factualities intentionally.