Closing The Gaetz

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Matt Gaetz is out as Trump's attorney general pick after the mounting questions about past interactions with young women cost him the support of key senators. Nominated in his place: former Florida AG Pam Bondi. Meanwhile, House Republicans have decided their top priority is proh ...  Show more

After just nine days as Donald Trump’s pick for attorney general, Matt Gaetz has withdrawn from consideration.

Michael S. Schmidt, an investigative reporter for The Times, discusses the revelations and the reporting that doomed the prospective nomination of Gaetz, a form ...