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Trump will nominate Rep. Matt Gaetz to be attorney general
https://www.npr.org/2024/11/13/g-s1-34072/trump-matt-gaetz-attorney-general-doj-oversight

Trump to Nominate and Famously Bad Lawyer Matt Gaetz for Attorney General
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2024/11/matt-gaetz-attorney-general

* Florida congressman one of the Trump’s most loyal supporters
* builds upon Trump’s long-held views of Justice Department as extension of White House
* Trump threatening to prosecute enemies f. from Nancy Pelosi to media

#MattGaetz #USattorneyGeneral #sycophant #Trumpism #Trump2 #GOP #fascism #authoritarianism

Victoria Stuart 🇨🇦 🏳️‍⚧️

@persagen@mastodon.social replied · last year

Matt Gaetz: Trump Picks Literally Worst Person You Know for Attorney General
https://newrepublic.com/post/188395/trump-cabinet-matt-gaetz-attorney-general

Of all the people in the universe, Donald Trump has settled on Florida Representative Matt Gaetz to lead the Justice Department.

#MattGaetz #USattorneyGeneral #sycophant #Trumpism #Trump2 #GOP #fascism #authoritarianism

Victoria Stuart 🇨🇦 🏳️‍⚧️

@persagen@mastodon.social replied · last year

Trump: Unhinged Rant re: Matt Gaetz as attorney general Signals Chaos Ahead
https://newrepublic.com/article/188402/trumps-unhinged-rant-announcing-matt-gaetz-ag-signals-chaos-ahead

* 2024-Nov-13 rambling explan'n of Rep. Matt Gaetz as U.S. AG
* lied abt. Gaetz’s supposedly revealing DoJ weaponized against Trump
* translation: wants Gaetz to use DOJ to carry out his personal vendettas
* comes as Trump picked Putin-friendly Tulsi Gabbard for Dir. National Intelligence
* chronicler of MAGA explains why the choices signal serious turbulence for U.S.

#Trump2 #MattGaetz #fascism

Victoria Stuart 🇨🇦 🏳️‍⚧️

@persagen@mastodon.social replied · last year

Senate Republicans concerned with Gaetz nomination ask to access House ethics probe
https://www.npr.org/2024/11/14/nx-s1-5191708/gaetz-nomination-republicans-ethics-probe

* Gaetz's nomination as next attorney general could face uphill path in U.S. Senate
* growing number of Republican senators calling for access to U.S. House Ethics Committee probe into Gaetz's conduct

#MattGaetz #USattorneyGeneral #sycophant #Trumpism #Trump2 #GOP #fascism #authoritarianism #USsenate

Victoria Stuart 🇨🇦 🏳️‍⚧️

@persagen@mastodon.social replied · 12 months ago

Hacker obtains files f. House Ethics Committee detailing explosive claims against Matt Gaetz
https://www.salon.com/2024/11/19/hacker-obtains-files-from-ethics-committee-detailing-explosive-claims-against-matt-gaetz

* sworn testimony f. woman who had sex w. Gaetz when she was 17

Hacker Is Said to Have Gained Access to File With Damaging Testimony About Gaetz
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/11/19/us/politics/matt-gaetz-hack-testimony.html

* computer file w. testimony f. woman who said she had sex w. Matt Gaetz, President-elect Donald Trump’s choice to be attorney general, when she was 17

#USpol #MattGaetz #Trump2 #GOP #fascism #SexAbuse

https://www.nytimes.com

Hacker Is Said to Have Gained Access to File With Damaging Testimony About Gaetz

Victoria Stuart 🇨🇦 🏳️‍⚧️

@persagen@mastodon.social replied · 12 months ago

American Oversight Demands Prompt Release of FBI Records of Matt Gaetz Investigation
https://americanoversight.org/american-oversight-demands-prompt-release-of-fbi-records-of-matt-gaetz-investigation

* American Oversight filed lawsuit
* seeking FBI summaries of witness interviews f. investigation into allegations of sex trafficking
* 1st requested March 2023 via Freedom of Information Act

#watchdog #AmericanOversight #FOIA #FBI
#USpol #MattGaetz #SexTrafficking #SexCrimes #SexAbuse
#Trump2 #GOP #fascism #authoritarianism #Project2025
#Christofascism #misogyny #sexism #paternalism

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