Trump dropped Matt Gaetz after complaining about high political cost of defending him
Fox News
President-elect Trump quickly ditched former Rep. Matt Gaetz, R-Fla., after it became apparent that nothing could save his nomination for attorney general. Enter, stage left: Pam Bondi.
"I’m using a lot of my political capital," the president-elect told his inner circle. He could only spend so much of it, he explained. Howard Kurtz is the host of FOX News Channel's MediaBuzz (Sundays 11 a.m.-12 p.m. ET). Based in Washington, D.C., he joined the network in July 2013 and regularly appears on Special Report with Bret Baier and other programs.
Trump had picked up the phrase from a lawmaker who bluntly told him there was a cost to any continued effort to push the ex-congressman for attorney general, amid allegations of sexual assault and misconduct.
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