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Matt Gaetz won’t be serving as U.S. Attorney General during Donald Trump‘s second term as president, nor in the next Congress, but for just $500, you can get him to wish you a happy birthday on Cameo. The personalized video site, where celebrities of varying stature sell custom greetings and …

Matt Gaetz has withdrawn his name from consideration to become Donald Trump’s attorney general. The former Florida congressman, who has long been dogged by sexual-misconduct allegations, made the announcement a day after pitching himself to senators on Capitol Hill. “I had excellent meetings with Senators yesterday,” Gaetz wrote on X, …

Matt Gaetz was Donald Trump’s nominee for attorney general for eight days. The former Florida congressman’s historically short stint as a presidential pickcame to an end on Thursday when he bowed out of consideration, claiming he no longer wanted the frenzy over the sexual misconduct allegations against him to distract …

Embattled attorney general nominee Matt Gaetz appears to have paid over $10,000 in Venmo transactions to two women who later testified in the House Ethics Committee’s investigation of allegations that Gaetz had sex with an underage girl, according to records obtained by ABC News. The records, which were provided to …

Donald Trump’s early administration picks have been characteristically controversial, but none has inspired as much shock, consternation, and flat-out outrage as his nomination of Matt Gaetz to serve as attorney general. Gaetz has been the subject of sexual misconduct allegations for years, and amid growing public pressure the House Ethics …

Had Donald Trump lost the 2024 election, several Republicans close to him, GOP lawmakers, and conservative megadonors would have been quick to blame his top billionaire surrogate: Elon Musk. In fact, in the weeks leading up to Election Day, a number of these sources — including one senior Trump campaign …

As pressure mounts for the House Ethics Committee to release their report into allegations former Rep.Matt Gaetz had a sexual relationship with a 17-year-old girl, new claims surfaced on Monday that Donald Trump’s Attorney General nominee paid two women in 2019 to travel to New York to have sex. During …

Former Rep. Matt Gaetz paid two adult clients for sex, according to the lawyer representing them. Attorney Joel Leppard told ABC News that the two women he is representing were paid in the app Venmo. Gaetz resigned from the House of Representatives last week when he became Trump’s pick for …

Saturday Night Live‘s Weekend Update tackled some of Donald Trump’s most troubling cabinet picks. On Wednesday, Trump said he would nominateMatt Gaetz for attorney general. When the then-congressman was first asked about the role, co-anchor Colin Jost joked, he “said the same thing hedoes when he sees a teenagegirl: ‘I’ll …

Saturday Night Live‘s Donald Trump (James Austin Johnson) sat down with President Joe Biden (Dana Carvey) and explained his reasoning for picking some of the most unqualified candidates for his cabinet and other positions in his forthcoming administration. “Thanks for your advice, but I already know how to do president,” …