Loyalist US congressman Gaetz withdraws as Trump attorney general pick

Gaetz, 42, was first elected to the House of Representatives in 2016 and won reelection recently, but he resigned as a congressman shortly after Trump picked him to be attorney general.
“Matt has a wonderful future, and I look forward to watching all of the great things he will do,” Trump said in response to his withdrawal.
The ethics probe into Gaetz, a deeply polarizing Florida congressman, was effectively ended after he resigned from the House.
As a staunch Trump ally, Gaetz – if appointed as attorney general – could have dropped multiple criminal cases against the former president.