(CNN) The White House withdrew the nomination of Circuit Court hopeful Ryan Bounds on Thursday, moments before the nominee was to face his Senate confirmation vote and after South Carolina Republican Sen. Tim Scott raised concerns.

Multiple sources told CNN that Scott made clear during the Senate lunch Thursday that he couldn't vote for Bounds and Florida Republican Sen. Marco Rubio echoed the concerns.

The concerns revolved around the content of his writings while at Stanford and the fact that Bounds did not disclose the writings to a bipartisan committee of attorneys in Oregon that had recommended him for Ninth Circuit job.

One source described there was then a "jail break" of Republican senators with concerns. Once it was clear the vote was going to go down, several other senators also said they didn't want any part of voting for him, according to the sources, who said calls were made to the White House to let them know.

"The easiest way for me to say what I am trying to articulate is that the information I had was insufficient for me to be a 'yes' vote and therefore I was looking for more information that had not been provided," Scott told reporters after the withdrawal.

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