This article was automatically translated from HIBAPRESS, the Arabic version:
Hibapress
Matt Gaetz, whom US President-elect Donald Trump appointed last week as Justice Secretary in his administration which takes office in January, withdrew his nomination for the post on Thursday.
“It is clear that my confirmation (by the Senate) was unfairly becoming a distraction from the crucial work of the Trump/Vance transition,” Gaetz said in a post on the X network.
For his part, the president-elect declared, on his social network, Truth Social, “appreciating the efforts of Matt Gaetz to ensure his confirmation”, adding however that his candidate for secretary of justice “did not want to become a distraction for the administration for which he has a lot of respect”.
Upon his appointment, Matt Gaetz, who faces a judicial investigation for accusations he strongly denied, resigned as a member of the House of Representatives.
