The Presidency and the Republican base will get a taste of Trump’s man in Congress Matt Gaetz as the new attorney general the storm hit Washington DC on Wednesday afternoon.
This is arguably the most contentious of all Trump’s government appointments and further shows his readiness to bring change when he assumes the presidency.
He is a firebrand Last year, Mr. freed started the push to oust Republican House Speaker Kevin McCarthy. He has constantly fired at the Congress’s conservative houses.
An attendee of the State of the Union in 2018 was a Holocaust denier who made anti-Semitic remarks and the SOTU stole two fathers who lost their children in the mass shooting from trying to blockade them from getting a hearing after they refused to assent to a gun control claim he made.
He is theatrical, and his mannerisms enrage people within the same political faction as him. It is clear for the Republicans that in his second government, Trump nominated Gaetz, a loyalist who cares nether about political views of the congressmen.
This, according to the news website, Axios, left Republicans stunned, as its sources quoted them as gasping at the prospect of the selection for America’s top prosecutor. It is reported that Idaho Republican Congressman Mike Simpson stinking. The Alaska Republican added, “I don’t think it is a serious nomination for the attorney general.”
Gaetz also has some support on Capitol Hill, all of which are fiercely loyal to the former president. The Florida legislator has been one of the most aggressive and enthusiastic supporters of the president-elect in congressional hearings, news conferences and on television.
House Speaker Mike Johnson, one of Trump’s supporters, referred to Gaetz as an “accomplished attorney” on Wednesday. He is a reformer in his head and in his heart and I believe he will have a great deal to contribute in that regard”, he said.
Trump boldly advertised on social media that he would use Gaetz to turn the US Department of Justice, which he has lampooned as a legal facility for his controversies, upside down. He vowed, “Matt will sweep out political operatives from the DOJ and restore the department to its rightful work of combating crime and defending our democracy and Constitution.”
Trump threatened retribution for the many investigations during the campaign he faced. Gaetz might now be leading Trump’s structural changes to the justice department. The department also investigated Gaetz, a Republican member from Florida.
He is accused of sex trafficking, and misuse of campaign funds and that he used drugs and committed sexual misconduct. About a month, he said that was from house ethics committee they had been investigating him. Last year they dismissed the sex trafficking charges against him when he flew to the Bahamas with paid women.
He announced this on Wednesday night that Gaetz had resigned, bringing an end to the House probe, while the committee only investigates members.
Gaetz denies all charges. From a news report by CBS, Gaetz had sought a preemptive pardon from Trump on the same charges before Trump’s last days in presidency in January 2021. All of this makes him an unique choice for a place that is often staffed by the most senior politicians with legal background.
Gaetz was 42 and came to Congress after eight years practicing law at a firm in Florida. Biden also hired an experienced senior federal appellate court judge for the attorney general in Merrick Garland. Jeff Sessions and Bill Barr were Trump’s nominees for the first term, and both addressed Republican presidential experience of decades.
Gaetz’s candidacy must be confirmed by the Senate; he has annoyed Republicans there. He would lose with four “no” votes and even if his party has the majority, Democrats will vote in opposition. Last year, Gaetz said that he wanted to be attorney general, although he understood he had no chance of being elected for the post.
In an interview with News max he revealed that the world most likely is not ready for it. Senate confirmation wouldn’t be, but a boy can dream. At the moment, the most loyal allies of Trump are praising his choice. The hammer of justice is coming’, Musk said in a tweet about Gaetz on X.
Trump threatened the US government no matter how it considered it, even with regard to Gaetz’s attorney general run. His second term may be better planned but is definitely going to create lots of problems.