Florida Republican Rep. Matt Gaetz appears outside the U.S. Capitol on Thursday, July 25, 2024, after the final vote before the August recess.
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President-elect Donald Trump said Wednesday that he will nominate Florida Republican Rep. Matt Gaetz to be U.S. attorney general.
Trump wrote truth society Gates ” distinguished himself in Congress by focusing on delivering desperately needed reforms to the Justice Department.”
Gates Reply to“It will be an honor to serve as President Trump’s Attorney General!”
If he is confirmed by the Senate, Gaetz will succeed Attorney General Merrick Garland, who is leading the Justice Department’s sex trafficking investigation into the congressman.
The Department of Justice finally Refusal to charge Gates.
Gates remains an ongoing theme House Ethics Committee investigation Investigate him for sexual misconduct or illegal drug use.
Gaetz has denied any wrongdoing and said in September that he would no longer volunteer to participate in the panel’s investigations.
The 42-year-old congressman is known as a staunch and outspoken Trump loyalist who has been a strong critic of Justice Department special counsel Jack Smith’s investigation and prosecution of Trump.
In October 2023, Gaetz filed the original motion to oust then-House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, a fellow Republican. Eight Republicans, led by Gaetz, will eventually join all House Democrats Remove McCarthy As speaker, he threw the Republican conference into chaos.
Gates travels with billionaire Trump Musk On Wednesday, the president-elect visited Washington, D.C., for the first time since defeating the vice president Kamala HarrisNBC News reported.
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