Matt Gaetz Tapped For Attorney General

[PortaJohn]

This is f'ing terrifying 

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.cnbc.com/amp/2024/11/13/trump-taps-rep-matt-gaetz-as-attorney-general.html

[VakAttack]

LOL we're so cooked.

[ionel]

Confirmation hearings are gonna be spicy! 

[Tripnsweep]

I wonder if he is going to try to get a pardon himself or end the investigation into his sex trafficking case. 

[Husker_Du]

yeah. even i don't like this one lol

[mspart]

Yeah, I'm not for this one.   Just saw it on The Hill.  

mspart

[mspart]

Why him?   What does he have to offer? 

mspart

[ionel]

Maybe Trump is being clever here.  Nominate someone you know won't be approved so the guy/gal you really want has an easier time confirmation.   

[headshuck]

Jeff Sessions wasn’t available?

[ionel]

4 minutes ago, headshuck said:

Jeff Sessions wasn’t available?

Trump first asked Vak but he declined for unknown reasons.  

[Ohio Elite]

28 minutes ago, headshuck said:

Jeff Sessions wasn’t available?

Thank God...

[mspart]

Gaetz was a rabble rouser.   He will shake up DOJ which needs it badly.   But I don't think he will be judicious about it, I seen him taking a chain saw to it.  I would like someone who is a bit more careful about this trimming operation. 

But as we can see Garland isn't the  man for the job. 

mspart

[Offthemat]

More terrifying than the AGs who were in contempt of Congress?

[WrestlingRasta]

We definitely know where to go for the drugs and hookers now!  Rrrrasta!!

[VakAttack]

 

 

[WrestlingRasta]

Careful Vak, this is going to be one of those times you don’t hate the media enough.  Just wait for the onslaught of media links headed your way to prove you wrong. 

[Offthemat]

 

[Wrestleknownothing]

1 hour ago, VakAttack said:

 

 

Crazy times

[PortaJohn]

6 hours ago, ionel said:

Trump first asked Vak but he declined for unknown reasons.  

Misinformation.  Jared from Subway was the leading contender but declined for unknown reasons.  Gaetz was the backup plan and Vak was the insurance policy if  the first two fell through. 

[WrestlingRasta]

Confirmation should be interesting.  Senate vote showed there are Republicans not afraid to go against Trumps wishes. 

[Bigbrog]

This is a head scratcher for sure.  I wonder like most on here about the confirmation process...not sure if he will even make it through that.

[PortaJohn]

32 minutes ago, Bigbrog said:

This is a head scratcher for sure.  I wonder like most on here about the confirmation process...not sure if he will even make it through that.

He won't but unfortunately John Thune put a recess appointment on that table that would seal the deal for Gaetz as AG for a year to maybe two years

[uncle bernard]

Picking a credibly accused pedophile for AG is not making me feel better about Trump's past ties with Epstein.

[ionel]

21 minutes ago, uncle bernard said:

Picking a credibly accused pedophile for AG is not making me feel better about Trump's past ties with Epstein.

"credibly accussed" is that a new legal standing of guilt in the US?  Was there a trial which decided it was "credible?"

I'm not in favor of Gaetz for this appointment but c'mon there have to be some better fact based arguments. 

[Offthemat]

The last I heard, his accuser was in prison for attempted blackmail.  And the DoG dropped their investigation and declined to bring charges.