Matt Gaetz withdraws from attorney general consideration
November 21, 2024
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as posted by the channelAttorney General-designate Matt Gaetz withdrew his name from consideration on Thursday, one day after meeting with GOP senators on Capitol Hill — and with a potentially damning congressional ethics report still hanging over his head.
Gaetz, 42, said in an X post he “had excellent meetings with Senators” before adding that “it is clear that my confirmation was unfairly becoming a distraction to the critical work of the Trump/Vance Transition.”
“There is no time to waste on a needlessly protracted Washington scuffle, thus I’ll be withdrawing my name from consideration to serve as Attorney General,” he went on. “Trump’s DOJ must be in place and ready on Day 1.”
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