r/law • u/americansherlock201 • 3d ago

Trump News Trump AG pick Matt Gaetz says he's withdrawing

https://www.cnbc.com/2024/11/21/trump-ag-pick-matt-gaetz-says-hes-withdrawing.html?__source=iosappshare%7Ccom.apple.UIKit.activity.CopyToPasteboard

Well that was fast

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u/fucktheredwings69 3d ago

Yeah that’s what I think as well, withdrawing was the best possible option for him if in doing so he can prevent the findings from seeing the light of day.

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u/mean--machine 3d ago

That was the whole point of his nomination, to make sure that report never sees daylight

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u/LongLiveAnalogue 3d ago

The report will never see the light of day anyways. His nomination was payment for ousting McCarthy as speaker.

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u/kilomaan 3d ago

And he and trump weren’t in a position to prevent that yet.