Rep. Jason Smith, R-Mo., chairman of the U.S. House Committee on Ways & Means, upheld former Rep. Matt Gaetz’s decision to withdraw his name as attorney general on Newsmax Thursday.

Gaetz made the announcement Thursday, saying he was “unfairly becoming a distraction” to President-elect Donald Trump’s transition.

Gaetz, who resigned from Congress following his nomination, dropped out amid allegations of sexual misconduct and illicit drug use, including a new report that surfaced Thursday of him having a second sexual encounter with a then-17-year-old girl in 2017. He has denied any wrongdoing.

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