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Matt Gaetz Withdraws from Attorney General Consideration amid Ethics Scandal

Former Representative Matt Gaetz (R., Fla.) is withdrawing his name from consideration to be President-elect Donald Trump’s attorney general, he announced Thursday. Gaetz said that the Ethics Committee investigation into allegations he paid underage women for sex had become too much of a distraction as President-elect Trump works to staff his incoming administration. “There is no time to waste on a needlessly protracted Washington scuffle, thus I’ll be withdrawing my name from...