Matt Gaetz as AG?

[Kathianne]

Now that he resigned, the sex probe goes away.

Ethics report. Unless it leaks. Never happens in DC.

[Black Diamond]

Gatz seems problematic on several levels


"In 2019, before Epstein was arrested, Matt Gaetz said that Epstein's sweetheart deal from Alex Acosta should NOT be reexamined, arguing that it would be "dangerous" to do so. "
https://miamiherald.com/news/politic...226861944.html


I'm not well informed on the recent allegations against him concerning under aged girls.
If true he should be Disqualified from the job ...at the very least.

In the more distant past in college there's even darker allegations of an auto- asphyxiation 'game' that left a man dead, where Gaetz was the last to be seen with the man alive. Homosexual sex rings/parties and the like.


Just the Epstein comment alone tells me he's someone who should not be anywhere near the DOJ at this point in time.

You may be right but it i think it would have been dangerous. And maybe not just for reputations.

[fj1200]

Speaking of questionable decisions.

[fj1200]

He's a dumbass if he did. No Dems are going to vote for him. That leaves 3 votes to lose and more than 3 have said no way. This is the Republicans' chance to get rid of his ass if he resigned.

The President can make temporary appointments while Congress is recess. Prety sure they still have to be approved by the Senate to become permanent.

They won't be in recess. The Senate is going to be having to "advise and consent" to about a million appointments after they're sworn in Jan 3.

[revelarts]

You may be right but it i think it would have been dangerous. And maybe not just for reputations.

Yes, dangerous for Acosta's career or maybe more.
But sure in general a prosecutors job is dangerous.

IF i understand it correctly Acosta was supposed to tell the victims about any plea or sentencing changes.
That was his job.
He didn't do it.
Gatez says it may have been "to protect" the victims. ?? That make no sense.
Acosta didn't do the job the people hired him to do. Fully prosecute criminals, get them punished & off the streets. Instead he followed the orders of the Feds and got rewarded for it. (“I was told Epstein ‘belonged to intelligence’ and to leave it alone.”)
Doing his prosecutors job would have been dangerous for his career. but not the victims.

[Black Diamond]

Yes, dangerous for Acosta's career or maybe more.
But sure in general a prosecutors job is dangerous.

IF i understand it correctly Acosta was supposed to tell the victims about any plea or sentencing changes.
That was his job.
He didn't do it.
Gatez says it may have been "to protect" the victims. ?? That make no sense.
Acosta didn't do the job the people hired him to do. Fully prosecute criminals, get them punished & off the streets. Instead he followed the orders of the Feds and got rewarded for it. (“I was told Epstein ‘belonged to intelligence’ and to leave it alone.”)
Doing his prosecutors job would have been dangerous for his career. but not the victims.

People could have ended up dead like epstein did.

[Gunny]

As DNI she'll have access to more info than you or I will ever see.
that should clarify any supposed false conspiracies anyone might hold.
Also I believe she served on the congressional intel committee.
And BTW, as part of cleaning house in these scum filled depts it seems like a good idea sometimes to use people NOT brought up in the system, who aren't brainwashed, broken or compromised by the dept think & inertia.

As far as Russian apologist goes... when did you start working for Hillary's campaign staff as an MSNBC contributor?

You have no idea what info I have had access to, nor what I have seen, nor what I know. To burst your bubble, YOU have no idea what she will have access to if she gets past the Senate and you never will unless she wants to put being a conspiracy theorist above her oath and duty to the Nation and possibly get fired. I've given up on the idea politicians go to jail like low level operators for disclosing/mishandling classified info.

When did you start working for Putin and the Ayatollah? You're all about freedom, so you say. But only for you. Somehow you are entitled but others are not

[Kathianne]

I seriously cannot think of a more inappropriate AG pick than Gaetz. I can buy this actually just being a con to get him out of the ethics report, (which is very likely to be leaked anyways since it was completed), than a serious choice. I really don't like the idea of him in government at all, but it's likely:

https://hotair.com/ed-morrissey/2024...s-see-n3796994

Cruz on Gaetz: Er … Let’s SeeEd Morrissey 6:00 PM | November 14, 2024



AP Photo/Mariam Zuhaib
​This is quite the non-endorsement. If anyone could relate to Matt Gaetz as a “disruptor,” it’s Ted Cruz. Just this week, Cruz burnished his MAGA credentials by publicly endorsing Rick Scott as Majority Leader to push the establishment out of the way. And yet, not only does Cruz pass on an opportunity to endorse Donald Trump’s choice for Attorney General while appearing on Newsmax this afternoon, he sounded more enthusiastic about picking Senator Mike Lee than Gaetz.
“We’ll assess the nominee, but …” sounds pretty ominous in that context, especially since Cruz is also tamping down on the idea of a recess appointment at the same time:




If Trump wanted a recess to make his appointments (which wouldn’t really work anyway, as I explained earlier in the week), the Gaetz appointment probably put the kibosh on that strategy. Democrats would have tried to block a recess even if Trump nominated candidates from the Deep State Approved List. Choosing Gaetz not only will energize Democrats in both chambers even more, it has enough Senate Republicans thinking twice about it — and not just Cruz, or the establishmentarians:


Some of President-elect Donald Trump's Senate skeptics are joining what is expected to be full Democrat opposition to former Rep. Matt Gaetz, R-Fla., as the next attorney general. ...


There are at least five Republican senators who have at times broken from Trump to come out against Gaetz's nomination and another, Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, said Thursday he wants to review the House ethics report on Gaetz, an investigation that seemingly had been spiked when Gaetz abruptly resigned his seat once nominated Wednesday.


The count doesn’t include Cruz either. That would mean a maximum of 47 votes for a recess, which is looking like the only path for Gaetz’ appointment. And since it’s clear that the recess would be mainly for Gaetz, it’s not going to happen.


So now what? I never took this nomination that seriously anyway; Trump’s smart enough to understand a deal that cannot be made. I followed Cruz on Newsmax today (video not yet available), and suggested to host Bianca de la Garza that Trump nominated Gaetz to draw fire away from other controversial nominees. Corey Lewandowski told Newsmax earlier that the nomination was “not a bluff,” and in a sense, it’s not; it’s a screen to get others through the process.


So why did Gaetz rush to resign his House seat? Trump will put him somewhere in the administration. If he can’t get a confirmation as a Cabinet member, Trump will hire him in a non-confirm position in the West Wing. Gaetz also gets to kill off his Ethics probe before it finishes either way. Trump hasn’t lost anything with this gambit, except a small amount of time on the AG pick. And since we’re still in November, even that’s debatable — and he has some room to still get a hard-line ally in place, like Mike Lee. Although, Cruz himself might be a better fit for what Trump wants.

[Gunny]

There shouldn't even be a question as to whether or not to release the report to the Senate. His conduct has everything to do with any government positions he wishes to fill.

Ethics panel faces existential crisis over Gaetz report - POLITICO

[Gunny]

Exclusive: Woman told House Ethics panel she witnessed Gaetz having sex with minor, lawyer says - ABC News

[SassyLady]

Oh the days of Kavanaugh are upon us again.

Interesting that a man who showered naked with his daughter was elected president and it was swept under the rug because he was a Democrat.

[Black Diamond]

There shouldn't even be a question as to whether or not to release the report to the Senate. His conduct has everything to do with any government positions he wishes to fill.

Ethics panel faces existential crisis over Gaetz report - POLITICO

Won't the senate do their own investigation anyway?

[SassyLady]

Won't the senate do their own investigation anyway?

From what I'm hearing the new senate majority leader wants to get Trump's team confirmed ASAP.