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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
James Liddell

Inside Trump’s phone call to Gaetz that ended his attorney general nomination

Matt Gaetz’s future job as America’s top law enforcement official came to a crashing end on Thursday – with a phone call from Donald Trump landing the final nail in the coffin.

Eight days after his nomination to become Trump’s attorney general, the former Florida lawmaker announced that he was withdrawing his name from consideration after realizing that he was “becoming a distraction” to the Trump-Vance transition.

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