Matt Gaetz withdrew his name from consideration for attorney general on Thursday, saying his nomination—besieged by allegations that he had sex with minors at drug-fueled sex parties, and then bragged about those encounters to fellow lawmakers on the House floor—was “becoming a distraction” for Donald Trump.
Gaetz’s announcement came minutes before CNN was set to run a story that Gaetz had a threesome with a minor and a woman who was of age.
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