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Lawmakers Demand Ethics Report on Gaetz, Trump’s Attorney General Pick

Republicans and Democrats alike insisted that the findings of the House Ethics Committee, which has been investigating the Florida Republican for years over sexual misconduct and other charges, be ...

Top stories - The New York Times - November 14

How Trump Picked Gaetz for Attorney General on a 2-Hour Plane Ride

President-elect Donald J. Trump appeared to have gained some clarity on what he wanted in an attorney general while he was in Washington, the city he left in 2020 after weeks of his election lies.

Top stories - The New York Times - November 14

Trump's pick of Matt Gaetz for attorney general draws criticism

Matt Gaetz immediately resigned from the House on Wednesday following the surprising announcement that he was President-elect Donald Trump's selection for attorney general. His resignation, ...

Politics - CBS News - November 14

Trump names attorney Will Scharf to key White House job

President-elect Trump on Saturday announced he was appointing Will Scharf, one of his personal attorneys, as White House staff secretary in his incoming administration. Scharf represented Trump as ...

Politics - The Hill - November 16

Bharara says Trump is ‘choosing a bomb thrower for’ attorney general in Gaetz

Former U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara said Sunday that President-elect Trump is a “choosing a bomb-thrower” in former Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.) for attorney general. On ABC News’s “This Week,” a clip ...

Politics - The Hill - 6 days ago

2 women tell Ethics panel Gaetz paid them for sex: Attorney

Two women testified before the House Ethics Committee that former Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.) paid them to have sex, according to the attorney representing them. Joel Leppard, a Florida-based ...

Politics - The Hill - 5 days ago

Matt Gaetz allegedly paid two women for sex in 2017, attorney says

Matt Gaetz, President-elect Donald Trump’s pick to lead the Justice Department, paid a woman for sex at a small, invitation-only party in Florida, where prostitution is illegal, in 2017 while he ...

Politics - NBC News - 5 days ago

Newsom to allow District Attorney-elect Nathan Hochman to lead Menendez

California Gov. Gavin Newsom decided to defer the Menendez brothers' clemency decision to incoming District Attorney Nathan Hochman.

Trump, Vance phoning senators to push Gaetz as attorney general

President-elect Donald Trump is doubling down on his choice for attorney general. Trump is calling senators to push his pick of former Rep. Matt Gaetz, even while he considers making recess ...

Senators express doubt Matt Gaetz will be confirmed as attorney general

Can former Rep. Matt Gaetz pass a Senate confirmation? One Republican senator told CBS News chief Washington correspondent Major Garrett he wouldn't bet his house on it. Kadia Goba, political ...

Trump is on a calling spree urging senators to support Matt Gaetz for attorney general

President-elect Donald Trump has been making calls to bolster his pick to lead the Justice Department — Matt Gaetz — who already faces skepticism from some Republican senators, according to sources ...

Politics - NBC News - 4 days ago

Gaetz meeting with senators about attorney general job in face of misconduct allegations

Matt Gaetz is on Capitol Hill Wednesday meeting with senators as he tries to shore up support for his bid to be attorney general. President-elect Donald Trump says he's not reconsidering his choice ...

JD Vance lobbies senators to back Matt Gaetz for Attorney General

The House Ethics committee failed to reach an agreement on whether to release its report on Matt Gaetz, President-elect Trump’s embattled pick for Attorney General. It came just hours after Vice ...

Matt Gaetz withdraws from consideration as Donald Trump's attorney general

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

Donald Trump announces Pam Bondi as new attorney general choice after Matt Gaetz steps aside – live

Former Florida attorney general is longtime Trump ally and was one of his lawyers during first impeachment trial. Trump names Pam Bondi as attorney general pick after Gaetz steps aside Bondi ...

World - The Guardian - Yesterday

Matt Gaetz withdraws from consideration to serve as attorney general

Matt Gaetz announced he would be withdrawing from consideration to serve as attorney general under President-elect Trump. NBC News' Ryan Reilly has details on the criticism Gaetz faced and his ...

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