{"id":125605,"date":"2024-11-14T04:19:30","date_gmt":"2024-11-13T21:19:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=125605"},"modified":"2024-11-14T04:19:30","modified_gmt":"2024-11-13T21:19:30","slug":"trump-picks-rep-matt-gaetz-as-attorney-general","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=125605","title":{"rendered":"Trump picks Rep. Matt Gaetz as attorney general"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"RegularArticle-ArticleBody-5\" data-module=\"ArticleBody\" data-test=\"articleBody-2\" data-analytics=\"RegularArticle-articleBody-5-2\"><span class=\"HighlightShare-hidden\" style=\"top:0;left:0\"\/><\/p>\n<div class=\"InlineImage-imageEmbed\" id=\"ArticleBody-InlineImage-108062616\" data-test=\"InlineImage\">\n<div class=\"InlineImage-wrapper\">\n<div>\n<p>\u00a0Rep. Matt Gaetz, R-Fla., is seen outside the U.S. Capitol after the last votes before the August recess on Thursday, July 25, 2024.<\/p>\n<p>Tom Williams | CQ-Roll Call, Inc. | Getty Images<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"group\">\n<p>President-elect <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/donald-trump\/\">Donald Trump<\/a> on Wednesday said he will nominate Republican Rep. Matt Gaetz of Florida to serve as U.S. attorney general.<\/p>\n<p>Trump wrote on <a href=\"https:\/\/truthsocial.com\/@realDonaldTrump\/113477516524300359\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Truth Social<\/a> that Gaetz &#8220;has distinguished himself in Congress through his focus on achieving desperately needed reform at the Department of Justice.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Gaetz <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/mattgaetz\/status\/1856796371048960344\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">replied on X<\/a>, &#8220;It will be an honor to serve as President Trump&#8217;s Attorney General!&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>If he is confirmed by the Senate, Gaetz will succeed Attorney General Merrick Garland, who led the Justice Department as it carried out a sex-trafficking investigation into the congressman.<\/p>\n<p>The DOJ ultimately <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/2023\/02\/15\/rep-matt-gaetz-wont-be-criminally-charged-in-doj-sex-trafficking-probe-his-lawyer-says.html\">declined to charge<\/a> Gaetz.<\/p>\n<p>Gaetz remains the subject of an ongoing <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/2024\/09\/26\/matt-gaetz-house-ethics-subpoena-sex-drugs-investigation.html\">House Ethics Committee investigation<\/a> into whether he engaged in sexual misconduct or illicit drug use. <\/p>\n<p>Gaetz, who has denied any wrongdoing, said in September that he would no longer voluntarily participate in that panel&#8217;s probe.<\/p>\n<p>The 42-year-old lawmaker, who has carved out a reputation as a staunch and vocal Trump loyalist, has aggressively criticized the DOJ investigation and prosecution of Trump by special counsel Jack Smith.<\/p>\n<p>In October 2023, Gaetz filed the original motion to oust then-House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, his fellow Republican. A band of eight Republicans led by Gaetz would ultimately join with all House Democrats in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/2023\/10\/03\/house-speaker-kevin-mccarthy-will-bring-gaetz-motion-to-oust-him-vote.html\">removing McCarthy<\/a> as speaker, plunging the GOP conference into chaos.<\/p>\n<p>Gaetz was traveling with Trump, billionaire <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/elon-musk\/\">Elon Musk<\/a> and others on Wednesday during the president-elect&#8217;s first trip to Washington, D.C., since defeating Vice President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/kamala-harris\/\">Kamala Harris<\/a>, NBC News reported.<\/p>\n<p>Trump&#8217;s selection of Gaetz came as a major surprise even to his Republican colleagues on Capitol Hill.<\/p>\n<p>Johnson, whose projected majority has already been slimmed after Trump tapped two House Republicans, Elise Stefanik of New York and Florida&#8217;s Mike Waltz, to join his incoming administration, said Tuesday, &#8220;I don&#8217;t expect that we will have more members leaving.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Sen. 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