Matt Gaetz withdraws from nomination as attorney general

(NewsNation) — Former Rep. Matt Gaetz, R-Fla., has withdrawn his sanction from the moving for lawyer wide pursuing contention implicit his nomination.

Gaetz announced connected X helium had made the determination to retreat aft gathering with Senators for feedback.

"While the momentum was strong, it is wide that my confirmation was unfairly becoming a distraction to the captious enactment of the Trump/Vance Transition.  There is nary clip to discarded connected a needlessly protracted Washington scuffle, frankincense I'll beryllium withdrawing my sanction from information to service arsenic Attorney General.  Trump's DOJ indispensable beryllium successful spot and acceptable connected Day 1," helium said.

Many had expressed doubts implicit Gaetz's information owed to an ongoing probe by the House Ethics Committee and the information that he's faced allegations of enactment trafficking and soliciting a minor.

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