US Matt Gaetz Withdraws From Consideration as Attorney General

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Matt Gaetz is withdrawing from consideration to be US attorney general in a major defeat for conservatives who wanted him to overhaul the Justice Department in President-elect Donald Trump’s administration.

“It is clear that my confirmation was unfairly becoming a distraction to the critical work of the Trump/Vance Transition,” Gaetz tweeted Thursday. “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.”

Gaetz, 42, a former congressman from Florida, came under intense scrutiny in response to a long-running House Ethics Committee investigation into allegations that he engaged in sexual misconduct, including having sex with a minor. The Justice Department also investigated Gaetz for alleged sex trafficking of a minor but informed his lawyers last year that the probe was closed without charges.

Gaetz has denied any wrongdoing.

The decision to withdraw Gaetz from consideration represents a stinging rebuke for Trump when it comes to one of his first key moves as he prepares to take office. Gaetz was seen as a top choice to carry out Trump’s hard-line agenda on immigration, policing and other hot-button social issues.

Trump has indicated that he’ll push for a radical transformation of the Justice Department, which has more than 115,000 employees. The department sits at the apex of the machinery that Trump will need to carry out his agenda from enforcing federal laws to litigating controversial matters. It also plays a key role in doling out billions of dollars in grant funding for immigration enforcement, border security and policing.


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Really not a huge deal in the grand scheme of things, but certainly a bit of an embarrassment for Trump to start his second administration. He needs to get somebody good in with less baggage as a replacement pick. Most people can't even tell you Trump's VP's name, they probably won't ever hear or care about this.

Certainly makes me look a bit more suspiciously at the accusations against Gaetz.
 
Really not a huge deal in the grand scheme of things, but certainly a bit of an embarrassment for Trump to start his second administration. He needs to get somebody good in with less baggage as a replacement pick. Most people can't even tell you Trump's VP's name, they probably won't ever hear or care about this.

Certainly makes me look a bit more suspiciously at the accusations against Gaetz.
This nomination really didn't do him any favors, and benefited literally no one
 
Can both parties just NOT put up people who are credibly accused of being sex pests, if not outright rapists?
No one is critically accused of rape if they were they'd be prosecuted the only reason Bill Clinton was never prosecuted for all of his sexual assaults is because he was the Golden Boy of the DNC and the DNC is not going to against the Clinton cabal anytime soon
 
Donald Trump is a ***** and we're gonna get four more years of tax cuts four more years of endless third world Indian immigration I expected nothing from a second trump term the man is basically becoming neoconservative Zionist establishment swamp creature hopefully the next gunman puts the bullet straight through his head he would be more useful as a martyr for the right than he is actually to the actual right
Holy fuck black pillers are annoying. Just kill yourself to save yourself and the farms the trouble.
 
Whether this was a Big Brain 4D chess move or a huge unforced error will depend on who the replacement is. Trump made a lot of mistakes on his picks in his first term, so I wouldn't assume this was anything other than a fuck up until we find out who actually ends up as AG.
 
Donald Trump is a ***** and we're gonna get four more years of tax cuts four more years of endless third world Indian immigration I expected nothing from a second trump term the man is basically becoming neoconservative Zionist establishment swamp creature hopefully the next gunman puts the bullet straight through his head he would be more useful as a martyr for the right than he is actually to the actual right
it's really cool being a '22 baby and seeing all the oldfags before me sperg out into a massive shitshow when you bring up specific topics
 
No one is critically accused of rape if they were they'd be prosecuted the only reason Bill Clinton was never prosecuted for all of his sexual assaults is because he was the Golden Boy of the DNC and the DNC is not going to against the Clinton cabal anytime soon
getting a blow job and committing adultrty with an intern is not even in the same ball park as protecting child fuckers.
 
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