Matt Gaetz resigned Thursday as President-elect Donald Trump’s candidate for attorney general.
The House Ethics Committee, which had been looking into Gaetz on charges of drug usage, sex trafficking, and corruption, voted against issuing a report on its findings the day before Gaetz made his announcement.
“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 said in his social media post. “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. Trump’s DOJ must be in place and ready on Day 1.”
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On November 13, President-Elect Trump nominated Gaetz on social media.
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