All right, so let's start with the big news, and that is Matt Gates has withdrawn his name from consideration for attorney general nomination.

The former representative Matt Gates, Republican from Florida, formally withdrew his name for consideration for the attorney general position in President-elect Donald Trump's incoming administration.

There is no time to wait on a neatness, proactive Washington scuttle.

I had excellent meetings with senators. He said yesterday, I appreciate their thoughtful feedback

and the incredible support of so many. Gates went on to say his nomination had become, quote, too much of a distraction,

and therefore he is withdrawing his name from consideration for the highly sought position,

saying this, while the momentum was strong, it is clear that my confirmation was unfairly becoming a

distraction to the critical work of the Trump Vance administration. There's no time to waste on a needlessly protracted Washington scuffle.

Thus, I will draw my name from consideration as serve as the Attorney General he announced.

Trump's DOJ must be in a place and ready on, must be in place and ready on day one, he said,

adding that he remains fully committed to see that Donald Trump is the most successful president in history,

saying this, I will forever be honored that President Trump nominated me to lead the Department of Justice,

and I'm certain he will save America.

Now, let's talk about the politics behind this, and there's several different theories.

I'm going to give you the one that I think is the most accurate, all right?

Matt Gates knew that the ethics report on him was coming out, and the ethics investigation in the House was going to be brutal.

It was going to be really, really bad, all right?

It was just going to be tough.

And I think what actually happened here is Gates went to President Trump and said,

Hey, I need your help.

Can you name me to something so I can resign before

this report comes out? Because if I resign from Congress, then the report should not come out.

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