BEDMINSTER, NEW JERSEY - JULY 07: Pam Bondi, former Florida Attorney General, speaks during a press conference announcing a class action lawsuit against big tech companies at the Trump National Golf Club Bedminster on July 07, 2021 in Bedminster, New Jersey. Former president Trump held a press conference with executives from the America First Policy Institute to announce a class action lawsuit against Facebook, Twitter, Google, and their CEOs, claiming that he was wrongfully censored. Since being banned from the social media companies, former president Trump has continued to spread lies about the 2020 election. (Photo by Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images)
After President-elect Donald Trump chose Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi as his nomination for U.S. attorney general following former Florida congressman Matt Gaetz’s withdrawal, Republican senators are expressing relief that they won’t have to vote on the controversial former congressman.
Bondi, a Trump ally, was one of his defense attorneys in his first impeachment trial before the U.S. Senate.
Bondi was Florida’s attorney general from 2011 to 2019 and was the first woman elected to the position.
After numerous allegations of sexual misconduct, Gaetz withdrew from his nomination as U.S. Attorney General.
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The Justice Department investigated Gaetz about allegations that he committed statutory rape by paying for sex with a minor and traveling with them across state lines.
The investigation was dropped without charges, but the House Ethics Committee began investigating the allegations and was about to release its report when Gaetz resigned from Congress.
Trump has been accused of sexual misconduct by dozens of women, and many of the picks for his administration have also been accused of various forms of misconduct, including Fox News host Pete Hegseth, former presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr and tech mogul Elon Musk.
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