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1 Matt Gaetz Withdraws From Attorney General Nomination, Trump Makes Another Pick For The Position
After days of controversy surrounding his nomination to be Attorney General under President-elect Donald Trump, former Rep. Matt Gaetz of Florida announced yesterday that he was withdrawing his name from consideration for the position. Multiple allegations surfaced since last week about Gaetz, including alleged sexual misconduct. The House Ethics Committee had been investigating Gaetz over the claims, but he resigned his seat in Congress before the final report of the committee could be released. Gaetz has denied the allegations, and the Department of Justice finished an investigation and chose not to press charges. There wasn’t a long wait after Gaetz withdrew from consideration until Trump announced a new pick for the job. He announced just hours later that his new nomination for attorney general would be Pam Bondi, who was previously the attorney general for Florida. Bondi is currently a partner at the lobbying firm Ballard Partners, where she chairs the company’s corporate regulatory compliance practice.
2 Kayaker Who Faked His Death Contacts Authorities To Say He's Alive And Well
The case of a missing Wisconsin man continues to provide twists and turns. Ryan Borgwardt disappeared months ago in Green Lake County, staging things to look like he had suffered an accident while kayaking. Instead, Sheriff Mark Podoll said at a news conference yesterday that Borgwardt had been in contact with his office since last week, and had given some details about what happened. According to Podoll, Borgwardt overturned his kayak, dumped his phone in the lake, and then paddled a small inflatable boat to shore. At that point, he rode an electric bike roughly 70-miles to Madison, where he caught a bus to Detroit. The missing man then apparently took another bus to Canada and got on a plane. One thing is still not completely clear, and that’s why he did it. Ryan told authorities that he staged his disappearance due to “personal matters.” The sheriff said, “He was just going to try and make things better in his mind, and this was the way it was going to be.” His wife and three children were left behind with no knowledge of what happened to the man, who authorities have found was talking online to a woman in Eastern Europe. Podoll showed a video from Borgwardt where he said “I’m safe and secure, no problem. I hope this works.” The sheriff said when or if Borgwardt returns is up to his “free will.”
3 Officials Warn Macy's Thanksgiving Parade Could Be Target of Terrorist Threats
A familiar warning has been issued about the 2024 Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade. A joint threat assessment seen by "ABC News" says that the annual parade might be an attractive target for both foreign and domestic terroristic violence, with the most significant threats coming from “lone offenders and small groups of individuals seeking to commit acts of violence.” The 98th-annual parade starts at 8:30 am on Manhattan’s Upper West side and is expected to draw two million spectators and around 10-thousand participants.