In news that was somehow both genuinely surprising and 100 percent predictable, former Florida Rep. Matt Gaetz withdrew from consideration to be the next U.S. Attorney General on Thursday. If President-elect Donald Trump was upset about the whole thing, he didn’t show it. Within hours, he had a new pick for the job: Former Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi, another longtime MAGA devotee. Still, it’s also not like Gaetz was Trump’s only problematic nominee, and it’s not clear how many of the others will actually make it through the Senate confirmation process. Tim Miller, host of The Bulwark podcast and a former Republican strategist, explains what Gaetz’s withdrawal means for the rest of Trump’s nominees. And headlines: The International Criminal Court issued arrest warrants for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his former defense minister Yoav Gallant, CNN released old tape of RFK Jr. comparing Trump to Hitler, and the Justice Department wants Google to sell off Chrome.
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In news that is somehow both genuinely surprising and 100% predictable, former Florida Congressman Matt Gaetz withdrew from consideration to be the next US Attorney general on Thursday.
Surprising because if there's one thing Gates seems to love, it's a nasty public fight with people who hate him.
Predictable because have you been watching the news lately?
Gates reportedly bowed out just after CNN told him it had even more damaging details, if you can believe it, about his alleged sexual misconduct.
The network reported that the House Ethics Committee was told Gaetz had sex with a 17 year old girl twice at a party in 2017.
The committee had been investigating Gates up until he resigned from Congress on allegations of sexual misconduct and drug use, allegations Gates has long denied.
If President elect Donald Trump was upset about the whole thing, he didn't show it because within hours he already had a new nominee, former Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi.
She's best known for being the lead state attorney general in a Republican effort to overturn the Affordable Care act, serving on Trump's legal team during his first impeachment.
Oh, and dropping an investigation into the scandal plagued Trump University after getting a $25,000 donation from the Donald J.
Trump Foundation.
At least she has more relevant legal experience than Gates.
But it's also not like Gaetz was Trump's only problematic nominee.
On Thursday, his pick for defense secretary, Fox News Pete Hegseth, spent his visit to Capitol Hill denying allegations of sexual assault made by a California woman.
Such a sexually assaulted woman in Monterey, California.
I have.
As far as the media is concerned, I'll keep this very simple.