Trump picks Pam Bondi for US Attorney General after Gaetz withdraws

FILE PHOTO: Republican presidential nominee Trump campaigns in North Carolina

(Reuters) – U.S. President-elect Donald Trump on Thursday nominated former Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi to be U.S. Attorney General, moving swiftly to replace former nominee Matt Gaetz who withdrew from consideration earlier on Thursday.

(Reporting by Daniel Trotta; editing by Rami Ayyub)