Matt Gaetz has withdrawn as President-elect Donald Trump’s pick for attorney general following scrutiny over a federal sex trafficking investigation that shows uncertainty about his capability to be established as the nation’s chief federal law enforcement officer.
The president-elect posted on Truth Social that he “has much respect” for Gaetz and his decision.
Trump’s allies on Capitol Hill rallied around Pete Hegseth, Trump’s Pentagon pick, on Thursday even as new information surfaced about allegations that he had sexually assaulted a woman in 2017.
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