Trump chose Matt Gaetz as Attorney General and yes, he is serious

What’s crazier than (potentially) booking the infamous anti-vaxxer Robert F. Kennedy Jr. in charge of national health? Republican congressman nomination Matt Gaetz serves as attorney general of the United States, Donald Trump did on Wednesday. And no, that’s not a joke about Trump’s second-term advisers; it was something that actually happened.

That’s right: Just over a week after being re-elected, Trump announced that Gaetz, who apparently only practiced law for a few years between graduating law school in 2007 and starting his political career in 2010, could become the most powerful lawyer in America on January 20 2025. “Few issues in America are more important than ending the partisan weaponization of our Justice System,” Trump wrote Wednesday on Truth Social. He continued: “Matt will end the weaponization of Government, secure our Borders, dismantle Criminal Organizations, and restore Americans’ deeply shattered Trust and Confidence in the Department of Justice France. Gaetz, a Trump loyalist, who disclose in his memoir that he answered calls from the former president “in a fit of passion,” replied to Trump’s comment: “It would be an honor.”

“But wait,” you might say, “Wasn’t Gaetz himself investigated by the Department of Justice and is currently under investigation by the House Ethics Committee?” And the answer is yes. Yes, that’s right.

According to CNN:

The selection creates the potential for a provocative validation process. If confirmed, Gaetz would take over the nation’s top law enforcement agency — the same agency that pursued the yearslong sex crimes investigation into the congressman. The Justice Department ultimately decided last year not to pursue criminal charges against him.

The congressman remains under investigation for sexual misconduct by the House Ethics Committee, with the bipartisan panel saying in a rare statement in June that some of the allegations against Gaetz “have merit.” continues to be considered.” Those allegations include that Gaetz may have “engaged in sexual misconduct and illegal drug use, accepted inappropriate gifts, and distributed perks and favors to others.” individual with whom he had a personal relationship and sought to obstruct government investigations into his conduct,” the commission said. at that time. Gaetz has repeatedly denied any wrongdoing, including ever having sex with a minor or paying for sex.

In a sign of how wild Gaetz was to be chosen as AG’s choice, even his fellow Republicans seemed in no rush to endorse his work. Republican Party representative Don the bacon speak CNN reported, “I really didn’t get any good comments.” Texas Republican Senator John Cornyn, ranking member on the Judiciary Committee, told this newspaper, “We will do our job as the Senate, performing the advice and consent function. So we’re going to take it one day at a time.” When asked about the House Ethics investigation into Gaetz, Cornyn responded: “I’m sure that will come up.”