Washington, November 21: Former Congressman Matt Gaetz on Thursday announced he was withdrawing his name for consideration as President-elect Donald Trump슬롯사이트™s nominee as attorney general. 슬롯사이트œWhile the momentum was strong, it is clear that my confirmation was unfairly becoming a distraction to the critical work of the Trump/Vance Transition,슬롯사이트� Gaetz wrote in a post on X. 슬롯사이트œThere 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,슬롯사이트� he added.

President-elect Trump wrote in a port on Truth Social: 슬롯사이트œI greatly appreciate the recent efforts of Matt Gaetz in seeking approval to be Attorney General. He was doing very well but, at the same time, did not want to be a distraction for the Administration, for which he has much respect. Matt has a wonderful future, and I look forward to watching all of the great things he will do!슬롯사이트�슬롯 머신 사이트 추천Matt Gaetz Withdraws as Donald Trump's Pick for Attorney General.

Gaetz슬롯사이트™s nomination had run into controversy from the moment after the announcement over allegations that he had sex with a minor, which had been investigated by the ethics committee of the US House of Representatives. Both Republican and Democratic lawmakers had called for the report of the committee to be made public or be shared with the US Senate슬롯사이트™s judiciary committee for confirmation hearing.

Gaetz, a former member of the House of Representatives from Florida, had resigned his seat just days before the ethics committee슬롯사이트™s report was expected. The resignation was said to be a move to prevent its release of the report under a tradition that prevents the body from investigating people who are not members of the House. However, there have been exceptions to that protocol.슬롯 머신 사이트 추천Gaetz Withdraws as Trump's Pick for Attorney General.

CNN reported that Gaetz슬롯사이트™s withdrawal announcement came shortly after the news channel reached out to the former congressman with new allegations that he had sex with the minor not once but twice. Pete Hegseth, who is Trump슬롯사이트™s nominee for defence secretary, is also mired in controversy over news reports that he was once accused by a woman of sexually assaulting her. He has denied the allegation.

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