Matt Gaetz

The position of attorney general requires U.S. Senate approval, and if confirmed, the four-term congressman and Trump ally would lead the massive U.S. Justice ...

President-elect Donald Trump has nominated Rep. Matt Gaetz to be attorney general, he posted on his social media platform Wednesday afternoon.

Donald Trump announced Wednesday he will nominate Rep. Matt Gaetz to be the next attorney general, citing a need to "reform" the DOJ.

Gaetz, a prominent and outspoken supporter of Trump, is under investigation by the House Ethics Committee.

President-elect Donald Trump has picked bomb-throwing Florida Rep. Matt Gaetz as attorney general. If confirmed by the GOP-controlled Senate, Trump will ...

President-elect Donald Trump has chosen Republican Rep. Matt Gaetz of Florida to serve as his attorney general.

In a post on Truth Social announcing the nomination of Gaetz, Trump said: "Few issues in America are more important than ending the partisan Weaponization ...

Gaetz, a Florida lawmaker who has been under federal investigation, has been a staunch Trump ally on Capitol Hill.

President-elect Donald Trump's pick to be attorney general has set a new bar for in-your-face nominations.

In selecting the congressman, Trump passed over some of the more established attorneys whose names had been mentioned as being contenders for the job.

The panel was set to meet as soon as this week on its investigation into the Florida congressman.

The president-elect selected Gaetz, who has repeatedly spread falsehoods about the Jan. 6 Capitol attack and was previously investigated by the Justice ...

President-elect Donald Trump nominated him for attorney general.

His resignation came the same day Donald Trump nominated him to be attorney general, but some Republicans think he had other motivations.

Picking Matt Gaetz for attorney general is a signal to Democrats and Republicans that Trump's second administration will be staffed by loyalists.

President-elect Donald Trump's pick of Rep. Matt Gaetz as his future attorney general has sent shockwaves through the Justice Department.

The committee has been investigating allegations that Mr. Gaetz, President-elect Donald J. Trump's pick for attorney general, engaged in sexual misconduct ...

Donald Trump has nominated a loyalist to be his attorney general.

In picking Rep. Matt Gaetz as his nominee for attorney general, President-elect Donald Trump looks to install a fierce loyalist.

Donald Trump cabinet, Matt Gaetz, Tulsi Gabbard, Pete Hegseth, Elon Musk, Jackson bribery scheme, restaurant menu prices, Michael McCaul, New Jersey ...

United States President-elect Donald Trump's Wednesday nomination of Republican lawmaker Matt Gaetz for attorney general has generated a stir on both sides ...

A “close friend” of Trump's pick for attorney general wants a federal court to destroy witness statements about a 2017 sex party.

The federal sex trafficking investigation that began under Attorney General Bill Barr during Donald Trump's first term focused on allegations that Gaetz and ...

President-elect Donald Trump announced Wednesday that he would nominate Rep. Matt Gaetz to be attorney general.

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 ...

U.S. Representative Gaetz campaigns for Republican presidential candidate and former U.S. President Donald Trump in Manche. By —. Meg Kinnard, Associated Press ...

President-elect Donald Trump'snominee for attorney general, Matt Gaetz, faced growing scrutiny from his fellow congressional Republicans on Thursday, ...

Senior law enforcement officials face a wave of uncertainty as Donald J. Trump moves to nominate a fierce partisan and a longtime ally to fill one of the ...

Republican senators want details of the Ethics Committee investigation into Matt Gaetz after Trump selected him to run the Justice Department as attorney ...

Republican Sen. John Cornyn, a key Republican on the Senate Judiciary Committee, told ABC News Senior Congressional Correspondent Rachel Scott that it's ...

Ex-House speaker's remarks come amid calls for release of ethics report into sexual misconduct claims against Gaetz.

Former Florida Rep. Matt Gaetz's nomination to be President-elect Donald Trump's attorney general has created a remarkable amount of hesitation from ...

Gaetz would lead the Department of Justice, which last year declined to bring charges against him in a sex trafficking investigation.

President-elect Trump just announced on social media he is nominating election denier and far-right ideologue Rep. Matt Gaetz for Attorney General. If you're ...

“Gaetz won't get confirmed, everybody knows that,” Kevin McCarthy said Thursday. That's what many in Washington are telling themselves after President-elect ...

From the November 14, 2024, edition of The New Yorker newsletter: Dexter Filkins on the potential next Attorney General. Plus: the right's new rallying cry, ...

The expression “The worse, the better” is often attributed to Vladimir Lenin, and captures a sort of messianic nihilism — the dream that escalating misery ...

President-elect Donald Trump says he will nominate Rep. Matt Gaetz of Florida to serve as his attorney general, opting for a loyalist who has built a national ...

President-elect Donald Trump's decision on Wednesday to tap now-former U.S. Rep. Matt Gaetz to serve as his attorney general raised eyebrows across the ...

Donald Trump's pick for attorney general has been open about his admiration for El Salvador's callous handling of criminals, including at the Cecot ...

And he selected Tulsi Gabbard, a former Democratic member of Congress and presidential candidate, to serve as his director of national intelligence. The choices ...