Fox News is reporting that there are a couple of names being floated to be President-elect Trump’s next nominee for Attorney General since Matt Gaetz withdrew his name.
Here’s what they are reporting:
Matt Gaetz, the former Florida representative and President-elect Donald Trump’s nominee for attorney general, announced Thursday that he is withdrawing as Trump’s pick for the top prosecutor.
Who is in consideration now for the top spot? Here are potential names floated to head the Department of Justice next.
was tapped by Missouri Gov. Mike Parson in 2022 to be the state’s top prosecutor after then-state Attorney General Eric Schmitt was elected to the U.S. Senate.
Bailey, an Army veteran, received his undergraduate and law degrees from the University of Missouri. He then proceeded to work in the state attorney general’s office and also served as an assistant county prosecutor and a state government lawyer before joining the office of Gov. Mike Parson.
Parson tapped Bailey in 2022 to be the state’s top prosecutor after then-state Attorney General Eric Schmitt was elected to the U.S. Senate.
Since becoming attorney general, Bailey has launched dozens of lawsuits against the Biden administration and sought to defend the state on a number of conservative issues.
is also a name being floated for consideration. Lee is currently a high-ranking Republican in the chamber and would face a somewhat easy path to Senate confirmation, at least compared to some of the more controversial names that have surfaced previously.
Lee had previously expressed that he would not be aiming for the role, telling the Deseret News in an interview, “I have the job I want.”
Lee also told the outlet at the time that he was looking “forward to working in the next Congress and with President Trump and his team to implement his agenda and the reform agenda that Republicans have offered and campaigned on, and it’s going to be an exciting time. We’ve got a lot of work to do.”
Now I will add that before Gaetz was nominated, the Daily Wire was reporting this list of names. I’ve removed the ones that have already been selected for other positions:
⭐️Attorney Mark Paoletta, who served in the Trump administration as chief counsel and assistant to Vice President Mike Pence before moving to general counsel of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB).
⭐️Utah Senator Mike Lee, who has been considered for a job on the Supreme Court in the past by President Trump.
⭐️Judge Aileen Cannon, who ABC News reported appeared on a Trump ream document as a potential attorney general pick last month.
⭐️Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey, who has made a name for himself as he’s been fighting and winning against the Biden administration’s policies.
We’ll see if any of this is true. Gaetz was not on any list beforehand so Trump could be picking someone else that no one knows is in consideration.
