Trump attorney general pick Matt Gaetz drops bid in face of Senate opposition - West Hawaii Today

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

59% : Gaetz earned a reputation as a firebrand and loyal Trump ally during his time in the House and his nomination was viewed as an indication Trump would follow through on his vows to use the Justice Department to exact retribution against his foes.
49% : "He was doing very well but, at the same time, did not want to be a distraction for the Administration, for which he has much respect," Trump wrote on Truth Social.
37% : Trump was also the subject of multiple Justice Department investigations, and faced two federal indictments related to his conduct during and after his 2017-2021 term in office.
29% : Trump has already tapped Todd Blanche, one of his criminal defense lawyers and a former federal prosecutor, to serve as the No. 2 Justice Department official, and former Securities and Exchange Commission chairman Jay Clayton to lead the high-profile U.S. Attorney's office in Manhattan.
23% : As Gaetz's path to confirmation looked imperiled, Trump had been calling senators and telling them how committed he was to Gaetz, according to a source close to the president-elect.
12% : Scott said he hopes Trump picks "whoever is going to be a fighter for getting the Department of Justice to stop being a partisan entity."
8% : Musk had posted about Gaetz 34 times since Trump announced his nomination on Nov. 13, depicting Gaetz as an outsider who would be willing to disrupt the system.

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