According to a story released on Friday, former Florida Representative Matt Gaetz had a candid phone conversation with President-elect Donald Trump regarding his prospects of getting approved as attorney general, and the conversation was not encouraging.

According to insiders, his “charm offensive” with the Senate went well, but when it became clear that he couldn’t be verified, everything went south, according to The Daily Mail.

“At best this was going to be complicated and drag on into February, March,” a source said exclusively to Then Mail. “And a strong A.G. is central to everything Trump wants to get started on on day one … immigration, overhauling the D.O.J. …”