Matt Gaetz leaves Washington in disgrace, lands on Cameo

Matt Gaetz, Donald Trump’s controversial choice for Attorney General, who was in trouble with a report due out concerning serious allegations of, among other things, intimate relations with an underage girl, has announced that he is withdrawing his candidacy for Attorney General.

In a tweet, Gaetz confirmed his decision to withdraw his candidacy, explaining that he had “unfairly” become a distraction to the transition work of Donald Trump’s incoming administration.

Two days before the House Ethics Committee was to release a devastating report on an FBI investigation involving Gaetz.

After being named by Donald Trump as his choice for Attorney General, Matt Gaetz had resigned from his position representing a Florida district.

This resignation immediately prevented the report from being published, and its contents will not be made public in the end, following a majority vote in favor of keeping it under seal.

This decision has not assuaged the outrage or criticism over the appointment of a person facing such serious allegations to head one of the most important positions, that of U.S. Attorney General.

The New York Times had in fact obtained documents concerning payments made by Gaetz via Venmo, totaling more than $10,000, to two young women who were minors at the time of the acts.

According to CNN, Gaetz’s decision to step down as Attorney General was motivated by fears that even more compromising information would surface in the House Ethics Committee report….

…and that there may be previously unknown witnesses who have been interviewed by the committee. At the time of writing, Matt Gaetz, now leaving Washington in disgrace, was on the Cameo platform to make a few bucks…