CNN: Matt Gaetz Withdraws His Nomination for Attorney General

EXCERPT:

REID: “All right. Dana, we're hearing that attorney general nominee, former Congressman Matt Gaetz, has withdrawn his nomination for attorney general. But Dana, this comes about 45 minutes after we reached out to him about some new reporting that we have. And this new reporting is that there was a second sexual encounter between him and an underage woman at a party in 2017. Now, I have covered the investigation and allegations that the congressman may have had sex with a minor for four years now. And Dana, this was the first time that we had learned that the underage woman had testified to a second sexual encounter. And I learned from my sources, along with our colleague Sarah Ferris, that she had testified to this to the House Ethics Committee. Now, I want to read our story. Again, this announcement that he is withdrawing comes as a bit of a surprise. We reached out to him 45 minutes ago to give him a chance to weigh in on this story. And again, his withdrawal comes just a short time after CNN reached out about our reporting that there was a second sexual encounter that the alleged underage victim testified to to the House Ethics Committee.”