Trump AG pick Matt Gaetz says he's withdrawing

[BumRushDaShow]

Last edited Thu Nov 21, 2024, 01:48 PM - Edit history (2)

Source: CNBC

Published Thu, Nov 21 2024 12:28 PM EST Updated 10 Min Ago


Matt Gaetz said Thursday he is withdrawing as President-elect Donald Trump’s pick for U.S. attorney general, ending the controversial bid that put prior allegations of sexual misconduct in the spotlight.

“I had excellent meetings with Senators yesterday. I appreciate their thoughtful feedback - and the incredible support of so many,” Gaetz said in a statement posted on his X account.

“While the momentum was strong, it is clear that my confirmation was unfairly becoming a distraction to the critical work of the Trump/Vance Transition,” said the former Republican congressman from Florida.

“There is no time to waste on a needlessly protracted Washington scuffle, thus I’ll be withdrawing my name from consideration to serve as Attorney General,” he said.

Read more: https://www.cnbc.com/2024/11/21/trump-ag-pick-matt-gaetz-says-hes-withdrawing.html

---

Article updated.

Previous articles -

Published Thu, Nov 21 2024 12:28 PM EST Updated 7 Min Ago


Matt Gaetz said Thursday he is withdrawing his name from consideration as President-elect Donald Trump's pick for U.S. attorney general, ending the controversial bid that put prior allegations of sexual misconduct in the spotlight.

"I had excellent meetings with Senators yesterday. I appreciate their thoughtful feedback - and the incredible support of so many," Gaetz said in a statement posted on his X account.

"While the momentum was strong, it is clear that my confirmation was unfairly becoming a distraction to the critical work of the Trump/Vance Transition," said the former Republican congressman from Florida. "There is no time to waste on a needlessly protracted Washington scuffle, thus I'll be withdrawing my name from consideration to serve as Attorney General," he said.

The Department of Justice's investigation into whether Gaetz sex-trafficked a minor girl ended last year without charges being filed. But the House Ethics Committee later restarted its own probe of allegations that Gaetz engaged in sexual misconduct and illicit drug use, accepted improper gifts, gave special favors to personal contacts and tried to obstruct government efforts to investigate him.

Published Thu, Nov 21 2024 12:28 PM EST Updated 7 Min Ago


Matt Gaetz said Thursday he is withdrawing his name from consideration as President-elect Donald Trump's pick for U.S. attorney general, ending the controversial bid that put prior allegations of sexual misconduct in the spotlight.

"I had excellent meetings with Senators yesterday. I appreciate their thoughtful feedback - and the incredible support of so many," Gaetz said in a statement posted on his X account.

"While the momentum was strong, it is clear that my confirmation was unfairly becoming a distraction to the critical work of the Trump/Vance Transition," said the former Republican congressman from Florida. "There is no time to waste on a needlessly protracted Washington scuffle, thus I'll be withdrawing my name from consideration to serve as Attorney General," he said.

Gaetz's selection had put a new spotlight on prior allegations of sexual misconduct and other impropriety that had been investigated by the Department of Justice and the House Ethics Committee.

Published Thu, Nov 21 2024 12:28 PM EST Updated 2 Min Ago


Matt Gaetz said Thursday he is withdrawing his name from consideration as President-elect Donald Trump's pick for U.S. attorney general.

"I had excellent meetings with Senators yesterday. I appreciate their thoughtful feedback - and the incredible support of so many," Gaetz said in a statement posted on his X account.

"While the momentum was strong, it is clear that my confirmation was unfairly becoming a distraction to the critical work of the Trump/Vance Transition," said the former Republican congressman from Florida.

"There is no time to waste on a needlessly protracted Washington scuffle, thus I'll be withdrawing my name from consideration to serve as Attorney General," he said.


This is breaking news. Please refresh for updates.

Original article -

Published Thu, Nov 21 202412:28 PM EST


This is breaking news. Please refresh for updates.

[BoRaGard]

1. Pulling out is good

Never should have been put in.

republicons have such skanky "values"

[forgotmylogin]

80. I bet it was a choice to keep the report suppressed.

Reeps on his side were probably like "the optics of suppressing this report are too damaging if you're on the front page. We'll vote to withhold the report as long as you're not headline news."

Which confirms the validity and damage potential in the report.

[Crowman2009]

83. Only wish Matt Gaetz's father did the same decades ago.

Ayy-ooohhh!

[hamsterjill]

94. I see what you did there!!

Thanks for the laugh! I love creativity!

[cstanleytech]

100. There's a lot of pulling out that should have occurred as in Trump and his supporters father's should have pulled out.

,

[Marthe48]

2. From the nomination?

n/t

[Happy Hoosier]

7. I see whatcha did there, you sly dog! NT

[FoxNewsSucks]

27. the nomination was getting to old for him

[dweller]

3. Good

Now convict him and send him to prison


✌🏻

[mpcamb]

55. They couldn't even stuff this one down Republican Senators' throats-

-which have an enormous tolerance for garbage.

[hadEnuf]

4. So who is the next criminal nutbag that Trump will nominate?

Boebert? Green Gohmert?

[Montauk6]

20. Jeanne Pirro?

DOGE may have to loosen the DOJ budget on box wine though.

[progressoid]

78. ...

[FailureToCommunicate]

25. Hmmm...could it be...

SATAN?

[Maggiemayhem]

31. Dana would be proud

[HereForTheParty]

97. Patel, Paxton and Rogers being kicked around

Rogers would be the least problematic

[BonnieJW]

48. Aileen Cannon

[70sEraVet]

49. Rudy?

I hear he needs a job!

[hadEnuf]

52. Well now that Butthead is out, maybe Beavis?

[LuvLoogie]

58. Giuliani

[wnylib]

62. Hannibal Lector

[Paper Roses]

86. MTG?

[Blues Heron]

5. Neexxxxxxt!

[niyad]

6. From the human race would be nice.

[MontanaMama]

38. Indeed.

Wouldn’t mind him being off planet where he could do no harm.

[Tarzanrock]

8. One less giant piece of shit on the Turd mountain.

One less giant piece of shit on the Turd mountain. When is this criminal rapist going to be prosecuted for his statutory rapes? How many known statutory rapes are there now?

[Polybius]

9. Ted Cruz or Mike Lee will be next AG pick

My guess.

[TBF]

11. Well if it means Ted spends less time here in Texas I'll be for it. nt

[peregrinus]

10. Somebody has pics and they must be graphic

[hamsterjill]

95. Exactly.

The kompromat must’ve been great!

[LisaM]

12. Darn. I was looking forward to the confirmation.

He always seemed like a decoy to me anyway, but I would have relished the booboisie seeing the kind of people Trump is willing to foist off on us.

[LetMyPeopleVote]

13. Matt Gaetz withdraws his bid for attorney general amid sexual misconduct allegations

Who is surprised by this. Now, the Ethics Committee report will not be released.

Link to tweet

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/justice-department/matt-gaetz-withdraws-bid-attorney-general-sexual-misconduct-allegation-rcna181206

Former Rep. Matt Gaetz, R-Fla., on Thursday announced that he would withdraw himself from consideration to be President-elect Donald Trump's attorney general.

"I had excellent meetings with Senators yesterday. I appreciate their thoughtful feedback — and the incredible support of so many. While the momentum was strong, it is clear that my confirmation was unfairly becoming a distraction to the critical work of the Trump/Vance Transition," Gaetz wrote in a post on X, just a week after Trump announced he planned to nominate Gaetz to the position.

"There is no time to waste on a needlessly protracted Washington scuffle, thus I’ll be withdrawing my name from consideration to serve as Attorney General. Trump’s DOJ must be in place and ready on Day 1," Gaetz added.

Gaetz, who Trump named last week as his pick for AG, faced significant headwinds in the confirmation process.

Trump’s selection of Gaetz brought fresh scrutiny to previous allegations against the former congressman, who faced an investigation by the Justice Department that involved allegations of sex trafficking and sex with a minor.

[enid602]

79. Shame

Be a real shame if the full report leaks.

[Dulcinea]

98. It's gonna happen, & I'm here for it. nt

[Prairie Gates]

14. Ketchup Alert in Florida

Repeat: ketchup alert in Florida.

[Jose Garcia]

15. So there are at least 4 Republicans Senators who willing to

stand up to Trump on something.

[James48]

16. Pulling out?

Does Gaetz even know what that means?

[NEOH]

17. Up next Aileen Cannon

[gordianot]

75. I heard that name early on this disaster.

One disaster after another it gets her off the bench.

[mahatmakanejeeves]

18. "I had excellent meetings with Senators yesterday. I appreciate their thoughtful feedback..."

That's one way of putting it.

Now he gets to return to Congress. He was reelected.

[Aviation Pro]

64. He resigned

No going back.

[ShazzieB]

85. He resigned from the *118th* Congress (the one currently in session).

That will not stop him from taking the seat in the 119th Congress that he was elected to in November, if he wants to do so.

Butthead will be taking a nice long vacation for the rest of the year, but I would be very surprised if he isn't back in the House in January.

[stollen]

89. If Gaetz does that, his testimony will come out

for sure. That's why he quit in the first place. He's done. He'll create a podcast or be a FOX talk show host.

[hadEnuf]

92. If he is going to go back to the new congress even though he resigned from the old one, does the report he is trying

to avoid become an active issue again?

Seems like it should. Just because it is a new congress it shouldn't mean that he is a "new man" and everything gets reset and forgotten.

[FakeNoose]

19. He's gone - from Congress and from Chump's cabinet!

[groundloop]

51. As I understand it he'll be back in January

Supposedly his resignation was from this current session of Congress, since he was reelected he'll be back.

At least that's what I've heard several people saying who should know what they're talking about.

[forgotmylogin]

81. Which puts him right back in the same boat.

The report still exists and was coming out with him as a Rep. Less chance it comes out in the next admin tho.

I'd bet the Reeps will just kick the can down the road to the next admin where it can be flushed away with all the other crap that gets stirred up.

[ShazzieB]

90. I believe that is correct.

I suppose there's an outside chance he could decide not to come back, but I think we'd all best leave the corks in our champagne bottles for now.

[ShazzieB]

88. Don't start the celebration just yet.

Please see reply #85, above.

[Montauk6]

21. Ohhhh, I see how this might play out...

Faux Noose will spin the only man whose name SOUNDS like a scandal as an American patriotic hero, putting country before ambition, waw waw waww.

[William Seger]

22. I can express my thoughtful feedback with one finger

[iemanja]

23. One down. Tulsi, Hegseth, and RFK, jr next.

[BadgerMom]

40. Then Oz.

They’re all so bad that one makes you forget about the others. There’s also McMahon, a female predator.

[iemanja]

43. I did forget

Sigh

[The Grand Illuminist]

24. DeSantis will put him in the Senate.

Taking Rubio's spot.

[bsiebs]

45. Actually, I think desantis wants to appoint himself to that seat...

[highplainsdem]

26. Good news.

[MrWowWow]

28. Too Bad His Father Didn't Withdraw Sooner

This Eddie Munster KKKlone needs to be prosecuted now...BEFORE the tramp junta takes over.

[Quanto Magnus]

29. It's quite hilarious when GQP/MAGAts

try to talk about 'fairness'....

[eggplant]

30. Someone (D) on the committee should have the report read into the congressional record.

Can't get in trouble for it, and I'm pretty sure you can't undo it either.

It needs to come out.

[kimbutgar]

32. Wow I guess he really didn't want his sins revealed !

Now he’s gone from Congress and won’t be in the administration.


Must have been som awful stuff they found out in that committee and knew someone was going to leak it to the public !

He can now go back under his rock and live off Daddy’s money.

Maybe dumpt needs to nominate Lindsey Graham and he can be exposed also!

[Marthe48]

41. Might be he'd rather continue his sex crimes

away from the spotlight

[dlk]

33. Too much information about Gaetz was finally made public

There seems to be trend for Trumps picks to be sexual predators.

[underpants]

34. Hegseth did too but in a different sense

[Norbert]

35. So what is the timeline for Gaetz being a FAUX show host?

[barbtries]

46. i don't know...

he is not an easy on the eye type of guy. :shudder:

not that i watch fox, ever.

[Attilatheblond]

36. Now that the distraction is gone, can we focus on the considerable threat to our INTELL that is Tulsi Gabbard?

She must not be a part of the government.

[BadgerMom]

37. This is great news! I wonder who the new abomination will be.

There’s no end to his group of unqualified and dangerous buffoons.

[iluvtennis]

39. Good. He really doesn't want that House Ethics Report released - it still needs to provided to We the People. n/t

[BadgerMom]

42. And for the love of goddess, release the Mueller report, Joe!!

[barbtries]

44. "their thoughtful feedback"

yeah right. they told him fuck off in no uncertain terms is my best guess. so he did.

[DFW]

47. So, now that this deliberate distraction is over with

Let’s hear who the horrible person is that they really intended to put in there. Anyone wanna bet we’ll wish we had Gaetz back for some rollicking hearings instead of “Mister Scratch” who was probably the real nominee-in-waiting all along?

**”Mister Scratch” — see “The Devil and Daniel Websrer”

[Calista241]

50. It's a good move for Trump

People get to say they stood up to him, and everyone he will consider now for AG has heard exactly what Trump wants done at DOJ.

Who's ready for DeSantis to appoint Gaetz to the open Senate seat when Rubio goes to State?

[Mblaze]

53. Let's see the evidence anyway.

The man is a criminal.

[Geechie]

54. No takesies backsies!

As in, hope this doesn’t mean he gets magically gets his Rep seat back

[The Grand Illuminist]

56. Unfortunately, by law.

He resigned this congressional term, but he can be seated, if he chooses to stay, in the next congress as he was unfortunately duly elected.

[Geechie]

61. Oh well..

A gal can dream!

[Geechie]

72. I guess it's all in the meaning of "intend."

“I hereby resign as U.S. representative of Florida’s 1st Congressional District effective immediately. And I do not intend to take the oath of office for the same office in the 119th Congress to pursue the position of attorney general in the Trump administration,”

I’m guessing that his intent just did a 180…

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

57. He or the Senate GOP probably did the math

And essentially said no way no how. Save us further embarrassment.

[Grins]

59. Do it NOW! Appoint a special counsel to investigate Gaetz

Based on new evidence open the original DoJ file on Gaetz and determine if charges should be brought!!!

Bill Barr dropped John Durham on Biden. Do the same to Trump and the GOP!!!

Do it now. There’s not much time.

[totodeinhere]

73. That won't work. As soon as Trump takes office he would fire the special council. n/t

[Dave Id]

60. Gatez withdrawing

Gatez is withdrawing because too much attention has been drawn on his past involving underage girls and it would limit further chances of him continuing his predatory past.

[Figarosmom]

63. Meaning trump will

Appoint him to s position he makes up or doesn't need congirmation.

[sinkingfeeling]

65. So, is he out of a job? He resigned from the House. I'm sure TFG will find a spot for him that doesn't require

Senate approval.

[totodeinhere]

70. He resigned from the current congress, but he could still claim his seat

in the next congress. He was duly reelected to his congressional seat in the next congress. And if he returns in the next congress any ethics investigation would have to start all over again. Or DeSantis could appoint him to the open senate seat created by Rubio's departure.

[johnnyfins]

66. "Excellent Meetings" means that they told

Him there was zero chance...

Can he unresign from congress now?

[tonekat]

67. They must have discovered some really bad stuff

If even the repubs aren't begging him to stay.

[Kablooie]

68. He probably found out the job would require him to do a lot of work.

Not just grandstand in front of cameras.

[HereForTheParty]

69. A good sign

The Senate wouldn't allow Trump to (quite) do anything he damn well wants.

[LudwigPastorius]

71. Well, I guess it's back to Trump's short list to find the next AG.

https://www.usmarshals.gov/what-we-do/fugitive-investigations/most-wanted-international-sex-offenders

[3catwoman3]

74. I would love to hear some of that...

..”thoughtful feedback.”

[Festivito]

76. Their little trick did not work. Will he rejoin Congress, or claim he's out due to a witch hunt?

The trick was to announce an agreement that would not release the Ethics Committee report. A savvy Dem caught that in time.
Can he still avoid that report?
Did they have us spend enough time talking about him, that the other lousy appointments went un-watched?
Or, was the bar set high for complaining about the other appointments.

Wait and see what the think tanks hath wrought.

[DarthDem]

77. He Can't Rejoin Congress

He resigned his seat. Florida is already moving ahead with a special election to replace him.

[Festivito]

102. Oh, he could, but, that would re-start the Ethics Committee. I bet he B 'fraid!

Money can buy injustice. This might take more than he has.

[MayReasonRule]

82. Aileen Cannon And Ken Paxton Have Entered The Chat...

[NJCher]

93. he doesn't get the seat

THE QUESTION
Is Matt Gaetz guaranteed to get his House seat back after withdrawing his name from attorney general consideration?

THE SOURCES
House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) comments during a news conference on Nov. 13
Article I, Section 2, Clause 4 of the Constitution
Congressional Research Service (CRS) report published in January 2021
Florida election law
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’ post on X on Nov. 14, 2024
Peter Bergerson, Ph.D., professor emeritus of political science at Florida Gulf Coast University

Go here to click the links under sources.
https://www.khou.com/article/news/verify/matt-gaetz-not-guaranteed-get-his-house-seat-back-if-not-confirmed-attorney-general/536-c419e9f2-0b4e-46ab-9c96-e2fb46729c7d

THE ANSWER
This is false.
No, Gaetz is not guaranteed to get his House seat back after withdrawing his name from attorney general consideration.

[MayReasonRule]

96. Indeed You're Correct, No Argument... I'm Referring To The Next Individuals Poteentially Under Consderation for U.S.A.G.

We agree y'all...

[mdbl]

84. He finally learned when to pull out

Now if we could just get him to only look at adults.

[CaptainTruth]

87. Will he get his seat back?

He resigned. Does resignation mean anything anymore?

[ShazzieB]

91. Please see reply #85.

[BigmanPigman]

99. I just found out about this at 4:30. PM

Since I have severe insomnia I didn't see/any "news" until just now. I do not watch MSM much anymore for my political info....like Meidas News and David Packman.
When I saw Entertainment News and this headline I laughed out loud.

?si=hQUWA0vnuj2-ZB_h

[LetMyPeopleVote]

101. Someone is happy

Link to tweet