Cruz, while understanding the decision, also expressed regret over the lack of a full Senate hearing, which he believes Gaetz deserved.

President-elect Donald Trump's pick for attorney general, Rep. Matt Gaetz, could face a "humiliating" confirmation hearing, according to former White House ethics lawyer Richard Painter. Trump ...

"Chairman Jim Jordan appeared to enjoy Gaetz's performance even more than Gaetz, continuously beaming and laughing during Gaetz's questions," Shan Wu wrote.

Either way, the Democrats’ strategy in response to this nomination is obvious: Make Matt Gaetz repeatedly plead the Fifth Amendment right not to incriminate himself during the confirmation hearing.

A woman testified to the House Ethics Committee that former congressman Matt Gaetz paid her for sex and that she witnessed President-elect Donald Trump’s pick for attorney general having sex ...

But thanks to Gaetz’s withdrawal from consideration to serve as Trump’s attorney general, we have narrowly escaped another confirmation hearing spectacle.

Matt Gaetz has been making calls to Republican senators ahead of a likely difficult confirmation process in 2025.

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Matt Gaetz (R-FL) arrives for a meeting of the Republican House caucus on September 30, 2023 in Washington, DC. Cruz says Gaetz should have had a full and fair hearing.

President-elect Donald Trump 's pick for attorney general, Rep. Matt Gaetz, could face a "humiliating" confirmation hearing, according to former White House ethics lawyer Richard Painter.