Former Rep. Matt Gaetz’s (R-Fla.) withdrawal as a nominee has sent President-elect Trump back to the drawing board on securing an attorney general to lead an agency he sees as key to his plans for retribution.

In turning to Gaetz, Trump tapped a fierce loyalist and one who shared his vision that a “weaponized” Justice Department had been turned against the president-elect in the form of federal indictments related to classified documents and the Jan. 6 Capitol riot.

But just eight days after stunning Washington by announcing the Florida Republican as his pick to be the nation’s top law enforcement officer, Trump is going back through his list of potential contenders and recalculating the limits that might be imposed by a GOP-led Senate.

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“There’s zero chance President Trump is going to allow there to be an attorney general who hasn’t pledged total loyalty to him, both on personality and policy. Whether that certainty overlaps with a human being that 50 Senators will support is TBD,” said a former President George W. Bush administration........

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