
Former Rep. Matt Gaetz withdraws as Trump's attorney general pick
NPRFormer Rep. Matt Gaetz withdraws as Trump's attorney general pick toggle caption Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images Former Rep. Matt Gaetz, R-Fla., is withdrawing his candidacy to be President-elect Trump's attorney general, after sex trafficking and drug use allegations threatened to imperil his confirmation. Sen. Mike Rounds, R-S.D., said he would not second-guess Trump's decision to tap Gaetz, but that the president needed an attorney general that both he and the senate "can have confidence in." Sponsor Message Asked about who might replace Gaetz as Trump's pick for the attorney general, Sen. Chuck Grassley, the incoming chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee, said he did not "have the slightest idea who they might be." House Ethics Chairman Michael Guest, R-Miss., told CBS News Thursday that Gaetz's withdrawal "should end the discussion of whether or not the Ethics Committee should continue to move forward in this matter."
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