Source: Semafor
“Donald Trump started over on his search for an attorney general on Thursday, ending up with former Florida attorney general Pam Bondi hours after Matt Gaetz’s surprise withdrawal. … Allegations of sexual misconduct against Gaetz, combined with a very poor whip count in the Senate, proved too big to overcome: The former congressman, who resigned from Congress the day Trump announced his intention to nominate him as attorney general, said Thursday on X that it was ‘clear’ his ‘confirmation was unfairly becoming a distraction to the critical work of the Trump/Vance Transition.'” (11/21/24)