The Hill - 9 hours 26 min ago
Former Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.) withdrew his nomination as President-elect Trump's attorney general on Thursday, putting an end to a chaotic several days on Capitol Hill and making him one of the quickest in history to withdraw from a Cabinet nomination. His selection was swarmed with controversy, as he's been accused of sexual misconduct. The...
The Hill - 9 hours 46 min ago
Former Rep. Matt Gaetz's (R-Fla.) withdrawal as a nominee has sent President-elect Trump back to the drawing board on securing an attorney general to lead an agency he sees as key to his plans for retribution. In turning to Gaetz, Trump tapped a fierce loyalist and one who shared his vision that a "weaponized" Justice...
The Guardian - 9 hours 47 min ago
The fall of the Florida congressman who was accused of sexual misconduct proves there is one rule for Trump and another for everyone else When he ran for US president in 2016, Donald Trump boasted that he would "surround myself only with the best and most serious people", adding: "We want top-of-the-line professionals." Second time around, Trump appears to have quality control issues. On Thursday Matt Gaetz, his pick to be attorney general, withdrew from consideration amid allegations...
New York Magazine - 9 hours 52 min ago
Ginger Luckey Gaetz doesn't seem bothered that her husband is on the brink of a major scandal.
The Hill - 9 hours 54 min ago
Former Rep. Matt Gaetz's (R-Fla.) political future is up in the air following his announcement that he is taking his name out of the running to be attorney general in the Trump administration. Gaetz was under intense scrutiny over past investigations by the Justice Department (DOJ) and the House Ethics Committee. The DOJ was investigating...
NBC News - 9 hours 55 min ago
Rep. Glenn Ivey (D-Md.), a member of the House Ethics Committee that was investigating former Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.), joins Meet the Press NOW to discuss what comes next after Gaetz withdraws from consideration as President-elect Trump's attorney general pick.
NBC News - 10 hours 1 min ago
NBC News Correspondents Vaughn Hillyard, Ryan Nobles and Ken Dilanian join Meet the Press NOW to report on former Rep. Matt Gaetz's (R-Fla.) withdrawal as Donald Trump's attorney general pick and the controversy that continues to mount against the president-elect's secretary of defense pick Pete Hegseth.
The Hill - 10 hours 1 min ago
Rep. Mike Lawler (R-N.Y.) used a meme including a well-known foe of Matt Gaetz to respond to the former Florida lawmakers's withdrawal from consideration as attorney general in the next administration. "Justice has been served," Lawler said in a post on the social platform X also featuring a photo of former House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) with...
New York Times - 10 hours 8 min ago
Matt Gaetz, left, on Capitol Hill on Wednesday.
ABC News - 10 hours 8 min ago
Former Florida congressman Matt Gaetz has withdrawn as President-elect Donald Trump's pick for attorney general following scrutiny over a federal sex trafficking investigation...
NPR - 10 hours 9 min ago
Former Florida Congressman Matt Gaetz has withdrawn his name from consideration to be the next attorney general of the United States.
New York Times - 10 hours 12 min ago
The Justice Department declined to charge former Representative Matt Gaetz with a crime after its investigation, and the related documents have remained secret.
The Independent - 10 hours 28 min ago
Trump advisers and allies have floated a long list of contenders for the nation's top law enforcement job after Plan A quit...
The Independent - 10 hours 30 min ago
The president-elect has nominated a number of people to his inner circle who face claims related to sex scandals - much like he has...
The Nation - 10 hours 41 min ago
John Nichols Forty-five minutes after CNN contacted Trump's attorney general nominee about additional allegations of sexual misconduct, he was done. The post BREAKING: Matt Gaetz Quits, and Journalism Still Matters a Lot appeared first on The Nation .
Newsweek - 11 hours 50 sec ago
Former Representative Matt Gaetz has withdrawn his name from consideration. Here are the top picks for Trump's attorney general.
The Guardian - 11 hours 9 min ago
In a Washington farce for the ages, the far-right Republican has withdrawn from consideration for US attorney general how did it happen? Donald Trump decided to nominate Matt Gaetz as attorney general last Wednesday, during a flight home from Washington, where the president-elect had visited Joe Biden at the White House. The pick proved as surprising as it was controversial. Just eight days later, after a week of relentless hullabaloo, Gaetz withdrew from contention. It was a Washington farce for...
The Hill - 11 hours 13 min ago
Sen. John Fetterman (D-Pa.) gave a sarcastic response to the withdrawal of former Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.) from consideration as President-elect Trump's pick for attorney general. "Holy s , I didn't see that coming," Fetterman said mockingly when asked about the withdrawal by a reporter in a clip captured by Scripps News and posted to social...
Newsweek - 11 hours 15 min ago
Anthony Scaramucci in 2017 set a record as the shortest-serving communications director in White House history.
Hollywood Life - 11 hours 18 min ago
Gaetz is no longer in the running to be the Attorney General. So, can he go back to the House of Representatives?...
Newsweek - 11 hours 22 min ago
"The View" hosts have debated and criticized Donald Trump's Cabinet nominations, including Matt Gaetz and Dr. Oz.
Newsweek - 11 hours 27 min ago
Matt Gaetz withdrew his name from consideration for attorney general on Thursday, sparking some backlash from conservative supporters.
The Hill - 11 hours 27 min ago
Rep. Michael Guest (R-Miss.), the chair of the House Ethics Committee, said former Rep. Matt Gaetz's (R-Fla.) decision to withdraw from consideration for attorney general "should end the discussion" regarding whether the panel should release its report on the Florida Republican. The comments from Guest came shortly after Gaetz announced he would bow out of...
Newsweek - 11 hours 42 min ago
The attorney for two women who testified to the House Ethics Committee against Gaetz said they're relieved by his withdrawal.