Sen. Eric Schmidt (R-Missouri) announced Monday that he has asked President-elect Trump's transition team to withdraw his name from the list of nominees for attorney general.
Schmidt is up for election to the Senate in 2022 and has said he wants to remain in the Senate to represent the interests of Missouri voters. His announcement comes as Trump's transition team is tasked with preparing thousands of roles within the federal government.
“I ran for the United States Senate to represent the people of the Show Me State, and we are just getting started. , a mission to fight for the forgotten “men and women of this country,” Schmidt wrote about X.
“We need America First fighters who are willing to not just say they support policy, but to stand up against its violations and actually fight for policy and the hopes and dreams of the American people. “And I want you to be President Trump's defender in the Senate.”
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Mr. Schmidt previously served as Missouri Attorney General.
Trump has made few personnel announcements since securing victory over Vice President Kamala Harris last week. He announced that Susie Wiles will become White House Chief of Staff. Tom Homan also serves as President Trump's border czar.
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President Trump also selected Congresswoman Elise Stefanik (RN.Y.) as the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations and announced Stephen Miller as the White House deputy chief of staff for policy.
After taking office, Tom Homan will serve as President Trump's border czar. (Bill Clark/CQ-Roll Call, Inc, via Getty Images)
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Stefanik, the fourth-ranking Republican in the House, frequently appears on television and defends the Republican side on a number of issues, including Israel and other issues she calls. “Biden Crime Family.”
Stefanik, who was elected to a sixth term in the House of Representatives last week, made national headlines. Scorching the President of an Ivy League University About the rise in anti-Semitism on college campuses in the wake of the October 7 terrorist attacks in Israel.
Congresswoman Eloise Stefanik (RN.Y.) speaks at a campaign rally for then-candidate and former President Donald Trump at Madison Square Garden in New York on October 27, 2024. (Angela Weiss/AFP via Getty Images)
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“As we see, the work ahead is enormous. Anti-Semitism on the rise “Four years of catastrophically weak U.S. leadership have severely weakened our national security and diminished our country's standing in the eyes of both our allies and adversaries,” Stefanik said in a statement to the newspaper. “We stand ready to advance the restoration of President Donald J. Trump.” On the first day of the United Nations, America put peace first through strong leadership on the world stage. ”
