After just nine days as Donald Trump’s pick for attorney general, Matt Gaetz has withdrawn from consideration.
Michael S. Schmidt, an investigative reporter for The Times, discusses the revelations and the reporting that doomed the prospective nomination of Gaetz, a former representative of Florida.
Guest: Michael S. Schmidt, an investigative reporter for The New York Times, covering Washington.
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