‘I’m ready to roll up my sleeves and be a champion for President Trump in the Senate,’ Sen. Eric Schmitt said.
Sen. Eric Schmitt (R-Mo.) said on Monday that he is withdrawing his name from consideration as President-elect Donald Trump’s choice for attorney general.
Schmitt, a Trump backer and former Missouri state attorney general, said in a social media post that he informed Trump’s transition team that he does not want to be considered for the head of the U.S. Department of Justice.
“I ran for the U.S. Senate to represent the people of the Show Me State, and I’m just getting started. … We need America First fighters who don’t just say they support the agenda but who are willing to stand in the breach and actually fight for it and for the hopes and dreams of the American people,” Schmitt said in a post on X.
“I’m ready to roll up my sleeves and be a champion for President Trump in the Senate.”
Neither Trump nor members of his transition team have publicly commented about who they might select as attorney general, a role currently held by Merrick Garland.
Anyone who takes the attorney general role under Trump would face the prospect