Article 6S7N4 Kevin McCarthy predicts Senate won’t confirm Matt Gaetz as attorney general

Kevin McCarthy predicts Senate won’t confirm Matt Gaetz as attorney general

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Ex-House speaker's remarks come amid calls for release of ethics report into sexual misconduct claims against Gaetz

The former Republican House speaker Kevin McCarthy is predicting that Donald Trump's nomination of Matt Gaetz as attorney general will be rejected by the Republican Senate next year.

Gaetz won't get confirmed, everybody knows that," McCarthy said in an interview with Bloomberg Television on Thursday. Gaetz orchestrated the successful effort to oust McCarthy from his leadership role last year.

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