Trump Nomination of Matt Gaetz To Serve as Attorney General Sends Shock Waves Across Capitol Hill 

Congressman Matt Gaetz was the subject of a years-long investigation over possible sex trafficking offenses and faces an ongoing Ethics Committee probe over several other salacious allegations.

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Representative Matt Gaetz at the Capitol, September 22, 2023. AP/J. Scott Applewhite, file

President Trump’s nomination of Congressman Matt Gaetz to serve as his attorney general is sending shockwaves through Capitol Hill, where an ethics probe against the congressman has been underway for months.

In a post on his social media platform, Truth Social, Trump called Mr. Gaetz a “deeply gifted and tenacious attorney” who has “distinguished himself in Congress through his focus on achieving desperately needed reform at the Department of Justice.”

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