MIRIAM NNOLI 
Following Matt Gaetz’s withdrawal as nominee for the position of the Attorney General of the United States (US), the President-elect, Donald Trump has nominated Pam Bondi as the country’s Attorney General.
New Telegraph reports that Trump announced Bondi, Florida’s former top lawyer’s nomination in a statement on Thursday.
Recall that Matt Gaetz announced on Thursday that he is withdrawing as President-elect Donald Trump’s nominee for Attorney General.
Gaetz rejected his nomination citing what he described as the “Distraction” his nomination had caused following a swirl of allegations about paying underage women for sex.
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“While the momentum was strong, it is clear that my confirmation was unfairly becoming a distraction to the critical work of the Trump/Vance Transition,” Gaetz said.
US Federal investigators had traced a network of payments involving Gaetz and numerous associates.
According to an investigation, Gaetz was connected to drug-fuelled sex parties and payments to women, including one who was a minor at the time.
