Gaetz withdraws from attorney general consideration

Former Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.) on Thursday said he was withdrawing from consideration as President-elect Trump's nomination to be attorney general.
Gaetz announced the decision in a message on X, saying that while he had had "excellent meetings" with senators on Wednesday, "it is clear that my confirmation was unfairly becoming a distraction to the critical work of the Trump/Vance Transition.""There is no time to waste on a needlessly protracted Washington scuffle, thus I'll be withdrawing my n