Republican Senator Withdraws From AG Consideration

The Hill reports:

Sen. Eric Schmitt (R-Mo.) is no longer in the running to become the next attorney general in President-elect Trump’s incoming administration.

Schmitt, a top ally of the former president, told Trump’s transition team that he’s withdrawing his name from consideration to become the nation’s top cop.

The former Missouri attorney general will instead refocus his attention on the judiciary by helping Trump shepherd judges through the upper chamber and work to enact his agenda.

Read the full article. Earlier this year Schmitt sponsored a bill that would “end all federal diversity, equity and inclusion programs, and end funding for government agencies, contractors, schools and other organizations that have their own DEI programs.”