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On Trump’s Foolish, Futile Matt Gaetz AG Nomination

Rep. Matt Gaetz (R., Fla.) speaks during a news conference where Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R., Ga.) introduced a resolution to investigate funding for Ukraine on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., November 17, 2022. (Amanda Andrade-Rhoades/Reuters)
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I’m as stunned as anyone that President-elect Trump has nominated Representative Matt Gaetz (R., Fla.) for attorney general, reminding everyone of Trump’s propensity to step on his own good publicity and provoke needless fights that undermine his ability to accomplish things the country needs done. That said, I suspect Nathan Wade would have a better chance of getting confirmed to run the Justice Department than Gaetz does, so I don’t see the point in wasting a lot of time discussing this.

I’m not going to dwell further on the sex-trafficking investigation in which Gaetz was implicated but never charged. I wrote ...

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