Gaetz Withdraws as Attorney General Nominee After Being Asked About Additional Sexual Misconduct Allegations
‘I remain fully committed to see that Donald J. Trump is the most successful President in history,’ the former congressman wrote on X.

Congressman Matt Gaetz is withdrawing from consideration to be President-elect Trump’s attorney general after being asked by CNN about additional sexual assault allegations against a minor. The former congressman said Thursday that he did not want to be a “distraction.”
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