The president-elect of the United States, the Republican donald trumpannounced this Wednesday the Appointment of Congressman Matt Gaetzbelonging to the hard wing of the party and known for being involved in various controversies, as the country’s next attorney general.
His appointment, one of the most controversial to date by Trump, caused stupor among legislators of Congress, even within the Republican ranks themselves, given that Gaetz is weighed allegations of sex trafficking of a minor.
“It is my great honor to announce that Congressman Matt Gaetz of Florida is nominated to be Attorney General of the United States. Matt is a tenacious and deeply talented lawyer,” Trump revealed through a release.
The next president declared that “few issues in the United States are more important than ending the instrumentalization” of the judicial system that, according to him, has been carried out by the Administration of Joe Biden. In Trump’s words, Gaetz “will dismantle criminal organizations and will restore faith and the trust of Americans at the Department of Justiceseriously destroyed”.
Hours later, the president of the House of Representatives, the Republican Michael Johnsonannounced that Gaetz has already presented, and with immediate effect, his resign from seat that he occupied. Now, they will have a period of eight weeks to find a replacement. The Republican legislator Max Miller He has expressed the surprise of many congressmen at the election, but also relief that the position prevents him from being a member of the House.
Among the Republican’s plans is, once he takes power, to order the cclosure of investigations that the Prosecutor’s Office opened against him for the assault on the Capitolas well as for having taken classified documents from the White House. Trump is also in favor of instructing the attorney general to defend his policies in court and even to open judicial investigations against his political rivals.
After a tense relationship with the prosecutors of his first term (2017-2021), Jeff Sessions and William BarrTrump was expected to choose a very loyal person who would never turn his back on him. In fact, Gaetz led the internal revolt that overthrew the then president of the House of Representatives, the Republican, in October 2023. Kevin McCarthybecause he had reached legislative agreements with the Democrats.
Gaetz is also being investigated by the Ethics Committee of the Lower House for the accusations that relate him to a plan of sex trafficking of a minor under 17 years of agesomething that the controversial legislator has denied. In 2023, the Department of Justice ended a sex trafficking investigation into him, without filing charges against him. However, if ratified the appointment of the congressman, The Committee will no longer have jurisdiction to continue his research.
However, Gaetz’s appointment as attorney general could fail in the Senate, given that Republicans have a narrow majority of 53 seats in the House, and It is not yet clear that all party senators support him. For example, Republican Senator John Cornynwhen asked by CNN, did not want to clarify whether he would vote in favor of Gaetz and noted that he has had “confrontations over certain issues” with the congressman.
According to the Axios portal, Max Miller would have ruled that Gaetz has “more options” to dine with Queen Elizabeth IIdied in 2022, which must be ratified by the Senate. After Gaetz’s nomination was announced, a Justice Department employee told CNN that “the shock is strong” within the institution.
Trump’s new cabinet
The announcement of the incorporation of Matt Gaetz joins the list of appointments of Donald Trump’s new team, although it is one of those that has caused the greatest stir at the moment.
On Wednesday, Trump also announced the appointment of Senator Marco Rubio as next Secretary of Statein addition to the nomination of the former congresswoman Tulsi Gabbard as Director of National Intelligence.
Born in Miami in 1971, and of Cuban origin, Marco Rubio is considered a ‘hawk’ in foreign policy, supporter of a tough line with China and Iranas well as the santions on Cuba, Venezuela and Nicaragua.
Tulsi Gabbardfor its part, will supervise the US intelligence community with its multiple agencies, including the INCand the intelligence divisions of the FBIamong others.
Donald Trump also announced the figure of the “border czar”, embodied in Tom Homanwho was already part of his team during his previous mandate, to apply his strict border control policy. In the words of the next president, “Homan will be in charge of all deportations of migrants to their country of origin.”
Another great controversy has been the appointment of the tycoon Elon Muskowner of X and Tesla, at the head of the new Department of Government Efficiency. The new department, Trump said, will boost “large-scale structural reforms” that could have strong repercussions on the federal Administration.
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