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Emily Martin, the chief program officer at the National Women’s Law Center, said Gaetz was “right to withdraw his name for consideration” but that the House Ethics Committee should still release the report into the allegations.
“From the start, Matt Gaetz was a profoundly unfit choice for attorney general. He was right to withdraw his name for consideration. It is clear Gaetz felt pressure to step down in the face of such damning and credible reports of his involvement in the sexual abuse and trafficking of a 17-year-old,” Martin told Newsweek.
