New York Times - 3 hours 1 min ago
Christopher A. Wray, the F.B.I. director, has said he intends to stay on the job. Attorney General Merrick B. Garland has stressed his independence from the White House.
Rolling Stone - 3 hours 2 min ago
Trump's AG nominee resigned from Congress days before the committee was set to release the findings of its probe into allegations of sexual misconduct...
The Hill - 3 hours 8 min ago
Incoming Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) weighed in on President-elect Trump's controversial decision to elevate former Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.) to attorney general when he returns to the White House, saying he doesn't know yet if he will get confirmed. "I don't know until we start the process, and that's what we intend to...
The Hill - 3 hours 12 min ago
Steve Bannon, President-elect Trump's onetime White House adviser and a conservative media personality, said if confirmed to be attorney general, former Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.) would go after media outlets. Bannon singled out MSNBC, the cable news channel owned by Comcast, a company Trump himself has threatened to investigate over what he says is "treasonous"...
The Guardian - 3 hours 16 min ago
Ex-House speaker's remarks come amid calls for release of ethics report into sexual misconduct claims against Gaetz US politics live latest updates The former Republican House speaker Kevin McCarthy is predicting that Donald Trump's nomination of Matt Gaetz as attorney general will be rejected by the Republican Senate next year. "Gaetz won't get confirmed, everybody knows that," McCarthy said in an interview with Bloomberg Television on Thursday. Gaetz orchestrated the successful...
The Guardian - 3 hours 47 min ago
Donald Trump has shocked Democrats and Republicans by announcing far right congressman Matt Gaetz as his pick for the role of attorney general. As the nation's chief law enforcement officer, he would direct the government's legal positions on critical issues, including abortion, civil rights and first amendment cases. Gaetz has himself been investigated for sex-trafficking and sexual misconduct, although never charged. What else do we know about congressman Matt Gaetz and has his nomination...
The Hard Times - 3 hours 54 min ago
WASHINGTON Former Florida Congressman and current Attorney General nominee Matt Gaetz reportedly put in an unorthodox request today after asking to be sworn in… The post Attorney General Nominee Matt Gaetz Requests to Be Sworn in on Epstein’s Little Black Book appeared first on The Hard Times .
NPR - 3 hours 56 min ago
Senators are calling for access to a House Ethics Committee probe into former Rep. Matt Gaetz, R-Fla., following his nomination to be the next Attorney General under president-elect Donald Trump.
Digital Music News - 4 hours 1 min ago
President-elect Trump has chosen Matt Gaetz to serve as his Attorney General. Speculation about the possibility of ending the U.S. Government's antitrust action against Live Nation has already begun. Gaetz has been a fierce supporter of the former President throughout his tenure in the U.S. House of Representatives. He was also recently the target of […]...
The Hill - 4 hours 21 min ago
Republican Sen. John Cornyn (Texas), a member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, said he "absolutely" wants to see the House Ethics Committee's report on former Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.) after his nomination for attorney general. "I think that there should not be any limitations on the Senate Judiciary Committee's investigation including whatever the House Ethics...
Newsweek - 4 hours 23 min ago
Senator Dick Durbin warned Gaetz's resignation "raises serious questions" about the report into his ethics investigation.
Newsweek - 4 hours 27 min ago
Ukrainian media noted how Tulsi Gabbard and Matt Gaetz have opposed further U.S. aid for Ukraine's fight against Vladimir Putin.
The Nation - 4 hours 34 min ago
Elie Mystal The man is a preposterous pick who will almost certainly do terrible things just not as terrible as what a savvier prosecutor would do. The post Matt Gaetz Is the Best Possible Outcome for Attorney General appeared first on The Nation .
Newser - 4 hours 36 min ago
President-elect Trump stunned DC on Wednesday with his pick of Matt Gaetz to be attorney general. But former House Speaker Kevin McCarthy predicted Thursday that his bitter political rival would never actually become AG. "Gaetz won't get confirmed, everybody knows that," McCarthy tells Bloomberg . McCarthy called the pick a "good...
Los Angeles Times - 4 hours 36 min ago
Rep. Matt Gaetz of Florida, President-elect Donald Trump's choice for attorney general, orchestrated Kevin McCarthy's ouster as House speaker last year.
Esquire - 4 hours 55 min ago
He has conveniently resigned from Congress just before an Ethics Committee investigation concerning him was expected to drop.
Esquire - 5 hours 21 min ago
As long as they don't have Matt Gaetz wherever they're from, I'm willing to try it.
ABC News - 5 hours 39 min ago
Republicans have won enough seats to control the U.S. House, completing the party's sweep into power and securing their hold on U.S. government alongside President-elect Donald Trump...
The Guardian - 5 hours 49 min ago
Late-night hosts react to Biden's White House meeting with Trump and the prospect of Matt Gaetz as attorney general Late-night hosts discussed Joe Biden 's meeting with Donald Trump and Trump's announcement of Matt Gaetz as attorney general and Pete Hegseth as secretary of defense. Continue reading...
NBC News - 5 hours 53 min ago
Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., is calling on the House Ethics Committee to preserve and hand over "relevant" parts of their investigation into Matt Gaetz. Durbin stressed the relevance of their report after President-elect Trump nominated Gaetz to serve as his attorney general.
The Independent - 5 hours 56 min ago
CNN anchor's disbelief shone through as he kicked off his Wednesday show...
Newsweek - 6 hours 1 min ago
Matt Gaetz has been tapped to join Marco Rubio, Mike Waltz and others in Donald Trump's next cabinet.
Fox News - 6 hours 2 min ago
Connecticut Sen. Chris Murphy, a Democrat, called President-elect Donald Trump's nominee to be U.S. attorney general, Matt Gaetz, "dangerously unqualified" in an interview.
The Raw Story - 6 hours 4 min ago
MSNBC hosts Joe Scarborough and Mika Brzezinski laughed at Rep. Troy Nehls (R-TX) on Thursday after he professed his loyalty to Donald Trump no matter what he asks or what he does. Speaking with reporters about the former president's cabinet picks that include controversial Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL), Tulsi Gabbard and Fox News personality Pete Hegseth all of which are being criticized on both sides of the ideological divide Nehls was undeterred, saying of the president-elect, "So now he's...