Missouri GOP Senator Withdraws From Consideration as Trump’s Attorney General

Sen. Eric Schmitt (R-Mo.) said on Monday that he is withdrawing his name from consideration as President-elect Donald Trump’s choice for attorney general. Schmitt, a Trump backer and former Missouri state attorney general, said in a social media post that he informed Trump’s transition team that he does not want to be considered for the head of the U.S. Department of Justice. “I ran for the U.S. Senate to represent the people of the Show Me State, and I’m just getting started. … We need America First fighters who don’t just say they support the agenda but who are willing to stand in the breach and actually fight for it and for the hopes and dreams of the American people,” Schmitt said in a post on X....