Former U.S. Rep. Matt Gaetz withdrew his attorney general nomination. Here's why he was considered a controversial pick.

Republican senators are warning that former Rep. Matt Gaetz’s (R-Fla.) nomination to serve as President-elect Trump’s attorney general is in serious trouble, even though Republicans will ...

We don’t yet know all the details of why Gaetz withdrew and how much the GOP resistance played a role (vs., say, Gaetz worrying about his own personal dirty laundry being aired).

Gaetz’s bad behavior has ... He spent his time defending Florida’s controversial “stand-your-ground” law and railing ... “His temperament or personality just doesn’t fit the role.

GOP senators had signaled skepticism about Matt Gaetz as attorney general. Trump instead names another loyalist, former Florida Atty. Gen. Pam Bondi.

The implosion of Donald Trump's first pick to run the Department of Justice was part fluke, part feature and part forecast of the president-elect's incoming administration ...

Gaetz also created a number of personal rivalries within the GOP after leading the controversial ouster of former House Speaker Kevin McCarthy in October 2023.While the House Ethics Committee ...

Gaetz played an outsized role last year in the removal of now-former U.S. Rep. Kevin McCarthy as House Speaker – a crusade that ultimately won the support of the chamber’s Democratic members ...

Matt Gaetz arrives before President-elect Donald Trump speaks during an America First Policy Institute gala at his Mar-a-Lago estate, Thursday, Nov. 14, 2024, in Palm Beach, Fla. (AP Photo/Alex ...

Former Representative Matt Gaetz speaks to a reporter in Washington, D.C., on April 19, 2024. Andrew Harnik/Getty Images. Gaetz would bring "excess baggage that no campaign needs," and accusations ...

Gaetz also created a number of personal rivalries within the GOP after leading the controversial ouster of former House Speaker Kevin McCarthy in October 2023.While the House Ethics Committee ...

Gaetz played an outsized role last year in the removal of now-former U.S. Rep. Kevin McCarthy as House Speaker – a crusade that ultimately won the support of the chamber’s Democratic members ...