Matt Gaetz GOES DOWN In Sudden Attorney General Withdrawal
November 21, 2024
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as posted by the channelMatt Gaetz officially announces he is withdrawing from the Attorney General battle after contentious updates over his House Ethics Committee report and rising party infighting following Donald Trump's nomination. John Iadarola and Viviana Vigil break it down on The Damage Report. Leave a comment with your thoughts below!
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Gaetz withdraws as Trump’s pick for attorney general, averting confirmation battle in the Senate
"WASHINGTON (AP) — Matt Gaetz withdrew Thursday as President-elect Donald Trump’s pick for attorney general amid continued fallout over a federal sex trafficking investigation that cast doubt on his ability to be confirmed as the nation’s chief federal law enforcement officer.
The announcement averts what was shaping up to be a pitched confirmation fight that would have tested how far Senate Republicans were willing to go to support Trump’s Cabinet picks. It represents a setback in Trump’s efforts to install fierce loyalists in his administration and is the first indication of the resistance the incoming president could face within his own party to picks with checkered backgrounds.
“While the momentum was strong, it is clear that my confirmation was unfairly becoming a distraction to the critical work of the Trump/Vance Transition,” Gaetz, a Florida Republican who one day earlier met with senators in an effort to win their support for confirmation to lead the Justice Department."
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