Following public backlash over former Rep. Matt Gaetz’s nomination as U.S. Attorney General, Trump is likely to withdraw his nomination. Former Assistant U.S. Attorney and legal analyst Glenn Kirschner made the announcement on November 15.
Newsweek magazine reports that some legal experts have said Gaetz is “unqualified” and could face a confirmation fight in the US Senate. The publication also highlights that the election was controversial, as Gaetz is the subject of an investigation by the House Ethics Committee for sexual harassment and drug use. The politician denies the accusations.
Kirchner said Trump will remove Gaetz’s name from the nomination, citing the fact that the Justice Department will not support his candidacy.
“It can reasonably be concluded that Matt Gaetz resigned quickly after being re-elected to Congress, not because Donald Trump said he was going to appoint him a Cabinet, but because he wanted to try to block, bury the train that is the House Ethics Report. on Gaetz’s misconduct” – Kirchner said.
Previously, on November 14, representatives of the US Department of Justice were “shocked” by the decision of the country’s President Donald Trump, who won the elections, to appoint Republican Congressman Matt Gaetz to the position of head of the department : Attorney General. NBC News reports that some of them thought the decision was crazy.
November 13, former speaker of the House of Representatives Kevin McCarthywhose resignation Getz initiated last year, said that the Senate would not approve Getz in office, Izvestia recalls.
