Who will Trump pick next for attorney general after Gaetz's withdrawal?

Matt Gaetz, the former Florida representative and President-elect Donald Trump's nominee for lawyer general, announced Thursday that helium is withdrawing arsenic Trump's prime for the apical prosecutor. 

Who is successful information present for the apical spot? Here are imaginable names floated to caput the Department of Justice next. 

Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey

Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey was tapped by Missouri Gov. Mike Parson successful 2022 to beryllium the state’s apical authoritative aft then-state Attorney General Eric Schmitt was elected to the U.S. Senate.

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Bailey, an Army veteran, received his undergraduate and instrumentality degrees from the University of Missouri. He past proceeded to enactment successful the authorities lawyer general’s bureau and besides served arsenic an adjunct region authoritative and a authorities authorities lawyer earlier joining the bureau of Gov. Mike Parson.

Andrew Bailey, Missouri's lawyer general, is seen during a House Homeland Security Committee proceeding successful Washington, DC, connected Wednesday, Jan. 10, 2024.  (Graeme Sloan/Bloomberg via Getty Images)

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Parson tapped Bailey successful 2022 to beryllium the state’s apical authoritative aft then-state Attorney General Eric Schmitt was elected to the U.S. Senate.

Since becoming lawyer general, Bailey has launched dozens of lawsuits against the Biden medication and sought to support the authorities connected a fig of blimpish issues.

Sen. Mike Lee, R-Utah

Republican Sen. Mike Lee from Utah is besides a sanction being floated for consideration. Lee is presently a high-ranking Republican successful the enclosure and would look a somewhat casual way to Senate confirmation, astatine slightest compared to immoderate of the much arguable names that person surfaced previously. 

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Lee had antecedently expressed that helium would not beryllium aiming for the role, telling the Deseret News successful an interview, "I person the occupation I want."

Lee besides told the outlet astatine the clip that helium was looking "forward to working successful the adjacent Congress and with President Trump and his squad to instrumentality his docket and the betterment docket that Republicans person offered and campaigned on, and it’s going to beryllium an breathtaking time. We’ve got a batch of enactment to do."

Sen. Mike Lee, R-Utah., speaks during a quality league successful the Capitol connected Tuesday, July 20, 2021. (Bill Clark/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images)

Gaetz announced his determination connected X aboriginal Thursday afternoon. In his post, helium described his information arsenic "a distraction." Allegations of him purportedly paying underage women for enactment had surfaced amid his nomination. 

Trump took to societal media soon aft the quality broke that Gaetz would beryllium withdrawing his sanction from consideration, penning connected Truth Social, "I greatly admit the caller efforts of Matt Gaetz successful seeking support to beryllium Attorney General. He was doing precise good but, astatine the aforesaid time, did not privation to beryllium a distraction for the Administration, for which helium has overmuch respect. Matt has a fantastic future, and I look guardant to watching each of the large things helium volition do!"

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Gaetz had been nether a months-long probe by the House Ethics Committee until his resignation past Wednesday from the existent legislature session.

Fox News Digital reached retired to the Trump modulation team for comment.

Fox News Digital's Breanne Deppisch contributed to this report.