By Eric Tucker | Associated Press WASHINGTON — FBI Director Christopher Wray said Wednesday he plans to resign at the end of President Joe Biden’s term in January, an announcement that came a week and a half after President-elect Donald Trump announced his intention to nominate loyalist Kash Patel for the job. At a town … Read more
Ex-Florida Congressman Matt Gaetz — whose nomination as US Attorney General got derailed last month by sexual misconduct and drug abuse allegations — is getting his own show on One America News Network. The move was announced by OAN on Tuesday morning following a report from CNN, which broke the news Monday night. According to … Read more
Right now we are in the wilderness, an uneasy time between the end of Joe Biden’s term and the start of the second Donald Trump presidency. None of us knows exactly how an emboldened Trump will govern, or if Republican senators will take their role to advise and consent seriously. But we can glean quite … Read more
Matt Gaetz announced Thursday that he was dropping out of the running to become Donald Trump’s attorney general, saying the confirmation process had become a “distraction.” In a statement, the former congressman said that while he felt the “momentum was strong,” it had become “clear that my confirmation was unfairly becoming a distraction to the … Read more
The name Matt Gaetz often triggers polarising discussions in American politics, yet one of his most unexpected revelations had little to do with legislative debates. In June 2020, the Florida congressman disclosed that he had been raising a Cuban immigrant named Nestor Galban, whom he calls his “son.” Gaetz’s announcement sparked curiosity, admiration, and a … Read more
Two women interviewed by the House Ethics Committee about former GOP Rep. Matt Gaetz of Florida, President-elect Donald Trump’s pick to be attorney general, testified that Gaetz paid them directly and repeatedly in Venmo transactions “for sex,” and that those transactions were obtained by the committee, an attorney for the women told CBS News. The … Read more
Washington — House Speaker Mike Johnson said Friday that he would “strongly request” that the House Ethics Committee withhold a potentially damaging report on its investigation into whether former Rep. Matt Gaetz engaged in sexual misconduct, illicit drug use and bribery. Gaetz resigned from Congress on Wednesday after President-elect Donald Trump announced he intended to … Read more
By Jake Offenhartz | Associated Press NEW YORK — When Daniel Penny wrapped his arm around the neck of a homeless man on a Manhattan subway last year, the 25-year-old veteran appeared to be deploying a non-lethal chokehold long drilled into U.S. Marines. Done right, the maneuver should knock a person out without killing them, … Read more
Rep. Matt Gaetz, previously investigated by the Justice Department on allegations of sex trafficking, has now been nominated by President-elect Donald Trump to serve as attorney general. Gaetz resigned from Congress just hours before Trump’s announcement, a move that effectively ended an ongoing House Ethics Committee probe, according to Newsweek. Background on Gaetz’s Legal Troubles … Read more
What’s crazier than (potentially) putting notorious anti-vaxxer Robert F. Kennedy Jr. in charge of the nation’s health? Nominating GOP congressman Matt Gaetz to serve as attorney general of the United States, which Donald Trump did on Wednesday. And no, that is not the set up to a joke about Trump’s second-term advisers; it is something … Read more
