LIVE: Matt Gaetz withdraws as Trump’s nominee for attorney general: Special Report

Former Rep. Matt Gaetz announced Thursday he is withdrawing his name from consideration to be President-elect Donald Trump's attorney general.

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[oaxaca]

and his charges still needs to be addressed. no free pass.

[Anuhealehua]

You can’t drive out evil & corruption when u are evil & corrupt!! The truth is gonna come out!!

[M.J.]

If he's so innocent, why withdraw, that report (the Republicans didn't want released)must have been pretty damning.

[CindyMooney-yniu]

Millionaire criminals in power! What could go wrong?

[dixn]

It was a no brainer for him to withdraw. This guy has more red flags than a Chinese parade.

[lotowner]

Lol. Plus, he already resigned his House seat. Double lol.

[emjai]

Matt Gaetz pulls out… there’s a first time for everything 😂

[Andrina-flef]

I doubt it was his choice to walk away, but glad he did. Republicans will appoint anyone nowadays.

[Argonaut]

One down 13 to go. Except Trump is probably going to pick others who are even worse.

[bluejay]

Trump intends to replace him with Hulk Hogan and Kid Rick as assistant AG

[LaurieWootten]

Gaetz was always a poor choice for many reasons. I’m glad he’s out.

[PR-jwyt]

Unless Trump is more of a moron than I thought, he had to know something like this would happen. So... what his real end plan?

[terryzimmerman]

The first of a long list of Trump loyalists to drop out or resign 😮 it’s a matter of time

[zemenabebe]

Was the real reason why Donald Trump nominated Matt Gaetz - who was not in the shortlist for AG and obviously has a very little to no chance of being appointed - to soften the scrutiny on the other cabinet nominees he really wants to be confirmed and to induce psychological readiness of the Dems to accept them?

[ColtonJohnsonBrice]

Matt Gaetz pulled out, to bad is father didn't.

[gracetruth]

Finally some good news. So much bad news.

[kaptkrunchfpv]

The more the Rinos kick and scream, the more they unmask themselves. Keep it up!

[Chunky]

Why not Kennedy as attorney general? His father holds a place in history as our country's favorite, highly respected Attorney General ..
Mr. G may have reached a plea agreement because if he is innocent, he would have gone down fighting.

[HighRiseCollective]

He should go back to his Congressional seat and wither the blowback from the ethics report, which I don't think is enough to impeach him from his seat anyway.

[kandi]

I think John F. Kennedy Jr. will be the next AG.