as you say, matt gaetz _ choice of matt gaetz? as you say, matt gaetz is _ choice of matt gaetz?y, matt gaetz is a - choice of matt gaetz? as you i say, matt gaetz is a somewhat divisive figure within the republican party. he is a maga loyalist and for example voted to overturn the 2020 election result, and spoke for donald trump after the right on january six. and he helped fire the speaker of the house. he is also subject of an ethics investigation over allegations of illicit drug use and sex trafficking allegation, allegations that i should stress matt gaetz has always denied. it raises questions whether he will get confirmed because donald trump's nominations have to be confirmed by the upper chamber, the senate, and if they hold a very slim majority in the senate and with matt gaetz being such a divisive figure, there are questions whether he will get the votes needed. that would be an open question. one person who was quoted said make sure you have your popcorn ready because it will be worth the watch. ready because it will be worth the wa after the right trump after the ri

attorney general matt gaetz. if you were wondering what trump without the guardrails looked like, well, we're getting an idea beyond the theoretical. we're starting with breaking news on so many fronts related to president- elect donald trump. trump announced just minutes ago on truth social that he is picking republican congressman matt gaetz of florida to be the next u.s. attorney general. gaetz is currently facing a house ethics committee investigation over whether he may have, and i should note before i even outline the charges, gaetz denies it all. the house ethics committee in a statement this year said they're looking into whether he may have, quote, engaged in sexual misconduct and illicit drug use, accepted improper gifts, dispatched gifts and favors with whom he had a personal relationship, and sought to obstruct government investigations of his conduct. unquote. again, he denies it all. gaetz also famously led the movement to oust house speaker kevin mccarthy. in that post on truth social, trump said m

as to matt, he has withdrawn. as to what president trump will do next, i am committed to helping him where i can. i will not rubberstamp his nominees but i also will not engage in any anger. host: some reaction on capitol hill to this news of the last several hours attorney -- concerning the attorney general position. in oklahoma, independent line, guy is next. caller: good morning, thank you for taking my call. i agree with lindsey graham, exactly what he says. it reminds me of the brett kavanaugh confirmation when they accused him of rape at a party and it turned out to be a lie. look what they put him through during the confirmation process. matt gaetz, it is possible, but why wasn't he convicted if they have this evidence against him? i would like to see the report. it will probably be leaked, is my guess, and we will find out. but i love the pam bondi pic from florida, a great pig, actually better than matt gaetz. matt gaetz is a super intelligent person. i think i would like to see him work with ramaswamy an

matt gaetz does deny any wrongdoing.e is still charging ahead with this confirmation process, meeting with senators just as recently as yesterday. host: donald trump says he stands by his nomination of matt gaetz. what is the outline for moving forward with this confirmation? look at happen in the new congress when they convene in january? guest: there is a high-stakes month until we get to that conversation about potential confirmation hearing about. the house ethics committee is scheduled to meet on december 5. i spoke to a source who suggested members left with the understanding the report would be ready by the time they met on december 5, suggesting they may hold a vote on releasing report then. that will be a key date to watch. yesterday there were two cats who moved to force a vote on resolution to compel the ethics committee to release its report into matt gaetz. there is one example of this happening in 1986. house democrats try to force the ethics committee through a resolution to release its for lemon every fin

matt gaetz. you thought pete hegseth was surprising. matt gaetz. now symone sanders.now we want to talk to you about the democrats and i still do. but let's get your first reaction to matt gaetz. you're laughing. tell me. >> you knocked the earring out of my ear. let me say when we heard the first nominations put forward by president-elect trump, i heard from a number of democrats and even some republicans, particularly people work on the hill, you know, proxies for their ranking officials who say he could have nominated worse people. these don't seem bad, these are career individuals. i disagree with the -- the democrats saying i disagree with their ideology but we can work with them. then you heard the nomination of pete hegseth for secretary of defense. many said i want to take my comments back or, we don't know if this is true then you saw at the press release from the president-elect talking about this was his nomination. matt gaetz is interesting. what are the qualifications, if you will? and can he get through a senate confirmation process. tulsi gabbard. i kno

there is a lot between now and matt gaetz getting confirmed or matt gaetz getting a vote. i don't think you're wrong necessarily, donald trump tends to defy political gravity, but, katy, the one place he has not, the one place he has not is capitol hill, an institution and a body he does not understand, he's been consistently befuddled by, and he has taken no real time to understand its nuances, never served here, doesn't have senior staff at this moment that is familiar with the place. so, it is going to be a tough slog. and on top of that, katy, the institution can only bear so much weight. matt gaetz, pete hegseth, tulsi gabbard, what if rfk jr. is nominated for a position? senators are going to be sick and tired of taking tough votes. so we'll see. >> is there any concern among those senators about the backlash that could happen if they say no? i mean, i ask that very seriously because after the insurrection, jake, you saw a number of senators, lindsey graham included, coming out and saying enough's enough, we can't do this anymore and then turning right back around an

donald trump, elon musk, and matt gaetz . the three of them thought matt gaetz for attorney general was a brilliant idea. reporting indicates the plot was hatched while donald trump's next white house chief of staff, the politically professional and astute susie wiles was in another section of the plane. and now, the new york times is reporting that one of the geniuses who came up with the gaetz for attorney jeff idea now thinks he won't get confirmed. president-elect donald j trump has admitted that his choices less than even odds of being confirmed by the senate. on the same day that failed lobbyist elon musk goes all out in his public lobbying of the united states senate, for matt gaetz, donald trump allows it to be leaked to the new york times that donald trump doesn't think gaetz is going to get confirmed. which one of them you think is right? the case nomination was in trouble from the minute it was announced. but since then, no one has delivered more ammunition to the united states senate to use against matt date in th

i'm matt miller. a rally that drove stocks to a series of all-time highs running out of steam a bit today but the trump trade is still on. if you take a look at where the markets are trading, we have the s&p 500 off a third of 1% but we are at 5980 and we did cross over 6002 close higher than that yesterday for the 51st or 52nd record high this year. we typically see 18 record highs on average going back to the 1950's so we are well above that level. the nasdaq coming down a third of a percent over 21000 and the dollar at the strongest level we have seen since november of 2022. if you read the scott besson piece either wall street journal, you know the day after donald trump was elected we got one of the strongest rallies in the dollar. the third strongest we have seen over the last 10 years. real conviction behind that should the 10 year yield coming back up almost 13 basis points. this is something we saw the week of the election. the 10 year yield rallied from 428 almost two 450. back down to 428 a

did donald trump nominate matt gaetz to be attorney general because he wants matt gaetz to be attorney? [ laughter ] he plays these games to win, and we'll see what the senate does, but i don't think there is any sophisticated strategy involving other candidates here. this is his candidate. he's going to do what the justice department what trump has said he wants done at the justice department, and i think it's as simple as that. >> scott, do you think moderate senate republicans will get onboard with some of the foreign policy positions gabbard has taken like alissa mentioned russia with syria. >> those are something she'll have to answer in the confirmation hearings and there is a significant chunk at the hearings that will not have her world view on a lot of these issues. now, whether they're able to accept someone with a different world view and go ahead and judge and qualify and say the president deserves his staff and vote to confirm, that's an open question, but i do think her confirmation hearings will be more difficult. not as difficult as gaetz, but certainly a rocky ride. on

matt gaetz. of course we are not surprised that he picked matt gaetz and we won't be surprised who he picks after matt gaetz. now, the second piece of this, he made it clear. i don't want my nominees to have an fbi check. why do you think he said that? and then why you do think republicans were doing the backstroke to figure out a way so he could do that with the recess appointments. john tlooun, the majority leader for 30 seconds, we will take a look at that. yes. >> let me throw -- >> we'll -- >> i feel like i'm throwing in -- and you are dunking. we like that. here is another item for you to grab a hold of. republicans, nbc news reports as many as 30, that would be the majority of the republican senate caucus, told nbc at least 20, as many as 30 were uncomfortable with having to vote for gaetz on the senate floor. the wording matters. they weren't even claiming some deep principle opposition, but saying, please don't make them stand with this guy. does that also look to you like there is a lin

a year ago, matt gaetz said, the world is not ready for an attorney general matt gaetz. >> you never know, david. there may be an attorney general matt gaetz down the road. who will be there to actually enforce the law and provide the accountability. not just the vision, but the actual accountability, the people that are sending you those messages deserve that in a free and just and constitutional republic. >> we absolutely do, and i like that. attorney general matt gaetz. are you kidding me? >> the world is not ready. certainly senate confirmation would not be. >> punch bowl news is reporting that the ethics committee was going to vote on friday. that is two days from now. on releasing a report of its investigation of matt gaetz. that vote might never take place, and that report might never be seen. but between that confirmation, every reporter in washington will be trying to get a leaked copy of that report. to protect matt gaetz, every republican member of the house will have to defend, suppressing that ethics committee report. every republican senator who wants to vote for matt g

matt eversmann. i had done nonfiction with a friend of matt tim malloy. i done, as i mentioned, the book about jeffrey epstein and matt and and and tim did a inexpensive documentary and, afghanistan. and it had to do how the hospital fertilization, the medical care to to wounded soldiers had improved so much since matt in combat and and i work with him a little bit on that on that film just a little bit. and but i saw the interviews that matt did and and the title welcome my combat was the first one we did together just came me because i love the idea and this became our mission that our mission of walking in combat boots was if you had been in combat, you would say that every woman in patterson it right and how could we because we interviewed for that book over a hundred combat veterans and if you're one of these people that sits there and thinks that you understand things that you don't like, how i collaborate with people, those people always have their own stupid theories, who always are wrong. but if you think you understand the military you would rea

matt gaetz's future is now up to republicans in the u.s. senate who have already shown how willing they are to reject lobbying from elon musk, who, today, said this. "as for these accusations against him, i consider them worth less than nothing. under our laws, a man is considered innocent until proven guilty. if ag garland, an unprincipled could have secured a conviction against gaetz, he would have, but he did not. case closed." the only audience for that tweet is the united states senate. and that is not the way republican senators see criminal investigations for members of the house of representatives for possible sex trafficking and possible criminal drug use. in the federal investigation elon musk refers to, matt gaetz's best friend, joe greenberg, pleaded guilty to six federal offenses, sex trafficking of a child, illegally producing a false identification document, aggravated identity theft, wire fraud, stocking, and conspiracy. matt gaetz's best friend, joel greenberg, is now serving a prison sentence of 11 years for those crimes.

he chose matt gaetz. matt will come before the committee and he will be asked hard questions and we will see how he does. i voted for a lot of people i didn't like. >> what do you think of him? your response? >> i think he is very smart. time will tell. >> do you see him as a candidate? >> what are the implications? >> nothing. in the liberal world -- >> let's bring in julie who is there on the hill gathering some of this reaction. how significant ask what we are hearing from graham and what else are you hearing from other members of the judiciary committee, which is sort of the first step and stop in this confirmation process? >> i can tell you, ana, from running into lindsey graham yesterday after he announced matt gaetz as a pick to attorney general, graham seemed just as shocked and confused as all of us were when we heard that happened. i asked him if he talked to trump, who he is very close with, about this. he said, no. do you think it will be confirmed? he said, we will see. obviously, he had time

everybody knows about matt gates. oklahoma senator mark served in the house of representatives with matt gates before moving up to the senate and has done a few interviews this week in which he has appeared to first oppose the nomination and then suggest his mind was still open on the nomination and tonight the senator is not quoted in the washington post saying i think it is a difficult path, in fact i do not see a path forward at this point. here is what the senator said a year ago about matt gates. >> this is a guy that the media did not give a time of day two after he was accused of sleeping with a underage girl and there is a reason why nobody in the conference came and defended him because we all saw the videos he was showing on the house floor. the girls he slept with, he bragged about how he would crush ed medicine and chase it with a energy drink so he can go all night. this is obviously before he got married so when the accusation came out nobody defended him. >> leading off the discussion is a democrat of t

congressman matt gaetz. trump following through on his desire to put a die hard loyalist at the helm of the u.s. justice department he has railed against. let's get more from kristen holmes who's covering the trump transition for us. tell us more about the choice of gaetz that's raising concerns, serious concerns, even among some republicans. >> that's right. this is certainly a controversial pick, wolf. i want to make one thing clear. this really felt like a surprise to a lot of us that have been covering the transition because we had spoken to a number of people, particularly who are very close to the transition, who have been working with the justice portion of the transition, who did not name matt gaetz as somebody on the short list. we had been told this was someone who came out of the blue almost. he was just not somebody who had been sitting down with donald trump, meeting with him as part of these meetings. but i am told that this, in part, is because gaetz is such a loyal ally to donald trump. now,

then you've got matt gaetz. so all three of those then presumably are all real and in the world we're talking about with the appointment all three of them will get the nominations? >> i don't think it's a for sure yes but i wouldn't say it's a no . i think that this is us recognizing donald trump was clear as day about how he intended to govern and he plans to follow through on the promise so it will be interesting how they play this. will they try to kind of offend send off the worst of these and let other ones through or will they try to fight them on the offense? this is part of some of the resistance energy that was different in 2016 and 2017. there was an immediate reaction during trump's win. there hasn't been that grassroots energy this time either so will the electorate to speak out? one question i have is for the voting public, was that a rejection of the status quo or an endorsement of the agenda? i don't know that we really know that but hopefully we could get clues on that front based on the reaction

this was the pitch for matt gaetz.ng in "the bulwark" this is what matt gaetz said to senators, look, i'm not going to go in there and indict liz cheney and have stormtroopers bust through the door at msnbc and arrest anthony fauci in my first week, gaetz told some senators in his one-on-one meetings according to two people familiar with them. it's that last clause, quote, in my first week that sounded like an ominous disclaimer to some and it prompted a few senators to ask with a laugh, what happens thereafter to which he said, quote, we're not doing that. donald trump's a.g. nominee said, quote, we're breaking the cycle of weaponizing doj. i guess the problem with that is that men like bill barr had a hard time stopping donald trump's desire to use the irs and use the department of justice against trump's enemies, that trump was relentless in this request and do you think that it is -- do you think that it is a prerequisite for whoever replaces matt gaetz atop the department of justice that they be willing to do retr

matt gaetz is holy and qualified for this job. as you mentioned, he is someone who has repeatedly attacked the department and the fbi, he has made statements that they should be obliterated, or at least defunded, he has been a recent subject of investigation, which should raise other questions about his fitness to serve. so, he is really the antithesis of anyone who should be considered for that role. and i'm not saying that because he is a hard right conservatives, or he is some other political strife, that is not a standard for who would or might be a good attorney general, but, a level of proficiency, of knowledge and decency and of character, those are the sorts of things we should be looking for, and none of those are present in this candidate. >> precisely what a confirmation hearing is supposed to evaluate and look at, matt gaetz is very loyal to trump, what is your prediction for how he would deal with who he believes are matt trump's enemies? >> i think he would deal with them in exactly the way that trump tells him to de

trump pics matt gaetz to be attorney general. why some say it is a step too far. >>> i was grateful and honored to accept the honor. >> tulsi gabbard and later -- >> the new leader in town, republicans handing over the gavel. the first order of business, confirming trump's cabinet. >>> just after 5:00 a.m. on the east coast. a live look at capitol hill back in the heart of all the action here in washington. it is wonderful to have you with us. donald trump placing loyalty above all else as he fills out his next administration. but even some of his supporters were, shall we say, caught off guard by his latest pick. announcing matt gaetz as his choice for attorney general. gates, who resigned from the house yesterday in preparation of the upcoming confirmation process has been an outspoken critic of the justice department. >> we either get this government back on our side or we defined and get rid of, abolish the fbi, cdc, atf, doj, every last one of them, if they do not come to heal. >> if confirmed by the senate he would be in ch

you served with matt gaetz. and we just heard what vaughn had to say, this is not someone who easily backs away from a fight. do you think he's the kind of man who would step away for the good of the country or the administration, do you think there is something else going on here knowing him? >> thank you. that's former republican congressman. and matt gaetz, i think, just woke up to the reality that he was never going to have the votes. we know that there are a lot of people on the house, on both parties, who wanted to see that ethics report released. it was going to be very painful. who knows, that report might be released anyway, and privately a lot of republican senators were saying that they couldn't see any way that they would get to yes on gaetz. so, what this also does, for those who advance a theory that maybe this was all part of the plan away from matt gaetz to bow out more gracefully than he would have otherwise have that house report been published, this does feed into that theory, because it was r

from that perspective, matt gaetz is a very logical choice. i think he will be a difficult one to confirm, i think there are a lot of republicans who either publicly or privately have serious doubts about this nomination. >> that is what people are talking about, i think without hyperbole in this case, about a constitutional crisis because it will pit donald trump against the senate , possibly. three potentials to get matt gaetz as attorney general, number one, hold confirmation hearings. one of the problems with confirmation hearings with a guy like matt gaetz? >> the problem is, you can have a public repudiation of trump's nominee. my strong suspicion is the senate will find a way to pull a plug on this before the nomination gets to the floor. the other thing, from trump's perspective, i think you will also be very focused on who the deputy attorney general is . the deputy attorney general is the person who actually runs the justice department on a day to day basis. if everyone is paying attention to the gaetz nomination as they should, we a

both trump loyalist -- matt gaetz a.— -- matt gaetz a.-- matt gaetz a. we saw it was absolute shock when _ -- matt gaetz a. we saw it was absolute shock when matt - absolute shock when matt gaetz�*s name was announced. he has a swirly number of ethics issues around him and he's barely practice as an attorney — basically two years. pam bondi is very different. i think there were some surprise that her name wasn't previously floated, but when you think about it, she was a twice elected attorney general of the state of florida — third largest state in the country — she's tough on drugs, illegal immigration, and she's a trump loyalist. i think that's a mistake trump is determined not to repeat this time. i think he felt the first one in his left turn, jeff sessions, really failed him. ithink turn, jeff sessions, really failed him. i think he thought bill bar also failed him. i think what he's saying is whether it's justice or fbi or another senior white house appointment. he is going to appointment. he is going to appoint people who know him

this is from matt gaetz.ngs with senators yesterday, i appreciate their thoughtful feedback and the incredible support of so many. with the momentum strong, it is clear my confirmation was unfairly becoming a distraction to the critical work of the trump/vance transition. there is no time to waste on a protracted washington scuffle, thus i'll be withdrawing my name from conversation to serve as attorney general. trump's doj must be in place and ready on day one. i remain fully committed to see that donald j. trump is the most successful president in history. i will forever be honored the president trump nominated me to lead the department of justice and i'm certain he will save america. matt gaetz, eight days, andrea, after being nominated and his name being put into the fold for attorney general of the united states is dropping out. this all while there was debate within the house ethics committee over whether to release the ethics report, looking into the allegations that he had a sexual interactions with a

that is how matt gaetz has led his political career. there has been no bigger defender of donald trump, no matter the cause. to cause after cause. i would scoop with the 2020 election. >> election that was stolen as a consequence of illegal, last-minute changes to the rules. >> here's the question i would ask you. let's just start with basics. do except that joe biden won the 20 the presidential election? >> i accept that joe biden is the president. >> is also spoken out on the conspiracy theories surrounding the fbi on january 6. >> it's reasonable to ask whether or not the fbi is engaged in a playbook where, first, the infiltrating organization and then they try to bring the organization to the point of criminal conduct as a mechanism to try to bring it down. >> when it comes to trumps trial, this is important. right? this gets right the whole point, attorney general justice. matt gaetz was also defender number one. >> we would be remiss if we did not mention the script judge. this is a made up crime. >> but none of those reasons are

what is your reaction to matt gaetz as attorney general, right now, would you support it? me that people are reacting the way they are, what you just showed because there has been no one better at channeling the american public's frustration with weaponization through the department of justice than matt gaetz, you can understand the president's frustration with the doj, during his campaign. they used a fake dossier to spy on him, look what happened in the first trump administration, this fake host, the doj investigated him for years doing that, in 2020, the doj went to big tech and had them censor hunter biden's laptop. and if you think about what just happened, the doj, their colleagues around the country brought five different cases to try president biden's top opponent, president trump. i can understand his frustration and wanting to put an agent of change in place.>> i don't want to litigate what happened with donald trump because there is a lot of evidence to support the indictments -- >> the american people spoke louder than anybody, and their reaction to all of this

, like matt whitaker, with relief.hrough. also it will be harder for republican senators to vote against other nominees. cash patel for fbi? you can't make this up. tulsi gabbard, peter hegseth. if you buck trump on attorney general, you've used up your get out of jail free card. i do think there's a distraction. throw matt gaetz under the bus, then the senate will roll over for whoever is next, no matter how deplorable they would have seemed as the original, first line nominee. >> and matt gaetz happy to be the sacrificial lamb chop because the report will never see the light of day. >> maybe. >> great to see you. >>> when we return, a closer look at the latino vote, why so many flipped to support trump and what democrats need to do to win them back. campaigning started seven days ago. midterms, two years from now. (tony hawk) i still love to surf, snowboard, and of course, skate, so i take qunol magnesium to support my muscle and bone health. qunol's high-absorption magnesium glycinate helps me get the full benefits

for a lot of good reasons, matt gaetz is a firebrand . he has a long history of controversial statements, of clashes with leadership . he has been in a personal vendetta against former speaker kevin mccarthy for a number of years. as you said, this is certainly not a very pro-matt gaetz congress , but it is an increasingly pro- maga congress. the question becomes, can matt gaetz get confirmed by the senate ? we saw a new senate install yesterday, someone in johnstown john thune , not necessarily, or probably more of an establishment figure that anyone else in that body. but listen to what senator tommy tuberville had to say about what he expects for the confirmations going forward. >> i have already seen with a couple of them say, i'm not voting for him, wait a minute, you are not the united states of america. you have one vote at senate, you did not get elected president. both with president trump . this is the last chance we will have at saving this country, if you want to get in the way, find, but we will try to get you out of the way

her brother, matt.est friend, also named matt, who once lived with them, who knew jessica like a sister. he was with us throughout the whole thing. like another son. like another son. just, what do you need help with? people would bring over food. he's there, helping us carry it, carry it in, you know, that kind of thing. keith morrison (voiceover): and there as well helping out, grieving, was john mcdowell, jessica's ex. he may have looked the part of a tough guy, but police had checked his alibi. he could not have been the killer. we were also able to look at his cell phone locations. and they were exactly where he said he was. at no point did his phone ever put him anywhere near jessica's house. keith morrison (voiceover): john did not kill jessica. and when he first learned she was dead? i just felt completely lost. i was instantly trying to figure out how i was going to tell my son that his mother, which that was his world, was no longer here. and i didn't know what to do. keith morrison (voiceover

matt gaetz is not confirmable.ate. they are absolutely horrified. we speak to the justice department all the time but i've been speaking to the career public servants. before this happened, there was no plan to engage in mass resignations because donald trump was elected. they are perfectly capable of changing policy on time and pursuing policies with a republican president which involves different minorities on civil rights in the police departments, may be antitrust, all sorts of things but this set of nominations and particularly matt gaetz has really caused a lot of people over there to think about whether they can continue inside the justice department. that may be what the trump department wants but i've never heard the comments and some of which we have published in our story that people are saying right now. they are flabbergasted and really, really scared, guys. >> so, dave ehrenberg, let's get your perspective on this. speak to the idea that this is -- trump has always sort of wanted this. he has prized h

the fbi already knows a lot about matt gaetz from its criminal investigation of a friend of matt gaetz who is now serving time for sex trafficking. that information should be included in the fbi's background report that is normally provided to the senate judiciary committee. now we know why donald trump said the other day, he wants to bypass the confirmation process for his nominees. donald trump wants possibly unconfirmable nominees like matt gaetz to take their nomination through recess appointments and that is possible only when the senate is in recess for at least ten days. then in the event of what is supposed to be an emergency vacancy that has to be filled, the president can appoint someone without senate confirmation. that appointment is only good for approximately 18 months to a maximum of two years until the next congress is sworn in. matt gaetz was promised a recess appointment before he was publicly chosen by senator rick scott of florida, who was one of the candidates for republican majority leader of the senate. rick scott it was only one the three candidates who immediat

matt gaetz is also a january 6th truther. as early as january 6, 2021, the actual day of the insurrection, gaetz is promoting baseless conspiracies that the capitol riot was instigated by the fbi and antifa. >> i don't know if the reports are true, but the "washington times" has just reported some pretty compelling evidence from a facial recognition company showing the people who breached the capital today were not trump's supporters, they were masquerading as trump's supporters and in fact were members of the violent terrorist group, antifa. >> he is one of primary defenders of the january 6th rioters, and has held hearings alleging the mistreatment of the january 6th offenders. >> the criminal feature of our gathering today is to better understand how people were treated in the follow along to january 6th. >> we are here to expose the truth, to ask me questions about what happened on january 6, who animated the violence, the extent to which the federal government may have been involved. we know this, january 6th last year w

>> are you going to go for matt gaetz? >> i completely trust president trump's decision-making on this one. >> jordan: i don't get it! do you hate matt gaetz are not? you can't have it both ways. unlike your mom did when she couldn't decide whether she decided to name you mark or wayne. [cheers and applause] there you have it, folks. republicans admission to donald trump in a nutshell: matt gaetz is a creep who forced me to watch it sex tapes, and yes, i will be voting for him. happy thanksgiving. for more on the congressional reaction to the matt gaetz nomination, we go live to the capital with desi lydic. desi! [cheers and applause] we've heard from republicans but what is the democratic strategy for matt gaetz? >> i spoke to democrats and their strategy is to vote for him unanimously. >> jordan: wait, democrats will vote for him? >> yeah, it's part of any strategy that they call, and i quote, [bleep] and find out. [cheers and applause] if donald trump wants a clown as ag, do donald trump gets a clows ag. have fun watchi

matt eversmann. i had done nonfiction with a friend of matt tim malloy. i done, as i mentioned, the book about jeffrey epstein and matt and and and tim did a inexpensive documentary and, afghanistan. and it had to do how the hospital fertilization, the medical care to to wounded soldiers had improved so much since matt in combat and and i work with him a little bit on that on that film just a little bit. and but i saw the interviews that matt did and and the title welcome my combat was the first one we did together just came me because i love the idea and this became our mission that our mission of walking in combat boots was if you had been in combat, you would say that every woman in patterson it right and how could we because we interviewed for that book over a hundred combat veterans and if you're one of these people that sits there and thinks that you understand things that you don't like, how i collaborate with people, those people always have their own stupid theories, who always are wrong. but if you think you understand the military you would rea

matt gaetz is aggressively unqualified for this position. he has never been a prosecutor, has never really practiced law at any big-time level. he has no idea what it means to stand up in a court and represent the united states and to try to take away someone's liberty. i do want under store underscore the stakes your. the attorney general of the united states, this is a person who is in charge of 110,000 employees , 94 u.s. attorneys offices, the entire fbi, the entire dea, the entire atf. the solicitor general who handles all the supreme court litigation for the government. u.s. marshals, the federal bureau of prisons. >> this is a man who could not be hired as an assistant u.s. attorney at any major district but he probably couldn't be hired as a paralegal. he probably wouldn't even pass a background check. >> i have to disagree with you that he doesn't have experience but he certainly does have experience with the justice department it is simply being investigated for sex crimes. this is not a serious pick, and again, i want to get back

matt gaetz, attorney general? >> i think she made a great statement when she said the president was elected to shake it up, to change things, to dramatically change things in washington and some of his picks amplify that. the president has the prerogative to nominate who he wishes. we will consider this in the senate and the judiciary committee. when everything is said and done, we will see how it is done and i would put mr. matt gaetz's nominee in the same category. >> and would this be the type that the president has wanted for these to be recess appointments, make them automatically approved? do you think that should extend to matt gaetz? >> we need to do our work in the senate. our new leader expressed his belief this is the direction we need to go. as many nominations as we can go through, hopefully our democrat friends will join us so we can move. i'm not saying they have to vote for them, but not be a stumbling block so we can move the nominations forward as quickly as possible. if we run into stumbling blo

it seems like it was for matt gaetz. at we are just going to go through the process unless the last straw. >> harris: we are we on this because he was against recess appointments. >> kayleigh: had other senators stuck up. rick scott and jos? it is on the table so i think of something most people would like to avoid and see the process play out but i would not take it entirely off the table is within the constitutional powers. >> griff: i went to a dinner last week honoring mitch mcconnell and he was interviewed and talked to the head of ai and he said at the end of the day when it comes to recess appointments he said don't underestimate the power of the advise and consent job that the senate doesn't confirmations we heard the majority leader telling brett last week he is going to keep an open mind but i think a perspective context it's one thing to do a recessed order like rfk junior and another to do a recess for someone who has this ethics investigation. >> harris: candidates who are said to be on president-elect's tru

you're talking about matt gaetz.rl out there terrified that all of her records, all of the witnesses against her in this case could be in the hands of matt gaetz and he could be the most powerful law enforcement official in a country in a case where the president of the united states is an adjudicated sexual abuser. if you're a sexual assault survivor, you're thinking, oh, my god, this country is out to get me, and force me to have children by sexual assault. so the message to women has been insane. okay. and the people he's nominating are tv hosts, et cetera. do you think the people who voted for him that you've talked to were expecting this? >> no. no. >> or true mass deportation. >> genuinely, no. and it's heartbreaking, actually. it is heartbreaking. and people may want to take, like, a kind of vengeful stance about this, but it is genuinely heartbreaking. people need to understand that there are people, millions of people in this country, and i was one of them where you are working two, three shifts a day to try

every republican in washington has an opinion of matt gaetz and 99% of those opinions are keep matt gaetzy wife, my daughter, and anybody i care about. i want to talk about, in some ways about what i did with kathleen, how important a position of attorney general is, you have a unique perspective, he worked in maine justice underneath the attorney general and he worked as u.s. attorney on the field so you know it from both places, and if 10 is like a complete catastrophe, and one is like the department will survive, where do you put yourself?>> it is a clear break class moment, it is 10, there has never been someone as unqualified, no legal experience, but that is the least of it, somebody who comes to the department without contempt and hostility for it, it is going to prompt a major exodus, it is going to prompt judges and juries around the country to have less credibility in the doj which is the really trade of the doj, it will ultimately cause the public to have less but i want to double back to this hhs point, everything about the ethics report, that is a red herring, same with the r

matt gaetz, tulsi gabbard, _ others are? matt gaetz, tulsi gabbard, all— others are?ers are? matt gaetz, tulsi gabbard, all of them, - others are? matt gaetz, tulsi gabbard, all of them, if - others are? matt gaetz, tulsi gabbard, all of them, if they | gabbard, all of them, if they get to a vote in the senedd the senedd will approve all of them. i can't imagine republicans voting against any of them. the hope is, with matt gaetz or tulsi gabbard, it won't even get to the vote. meaning more and more stuff will come out these next two weeks to the point where matt gaetz or tulsi gabbard have to step down. that is where their opponents are going to fight. but if it gets to a vote republicans will approve it. we have to leave it there. thank you forjoining us. plenty more from washington on the programme in the next while. let's take a look at some of today's at the main stories. a turkish man has been arrested in the netherlands on suspicion of supplying significant quantities of small boats and equipment to people smugglers. the 44—year—old was detained at schipol airp

he is florida congressman matt gaetz. the word was within the last hour gaetz has resigned from congress which will end a house ethics committee investigation into him looking into allegations that he may have engaged in sexual misconduct and illicit drug use, except in improper gifts, dispensed special provisions and papers to individuals with whom he had a personal relationship. he denies the allegations. he was also investigated eye the justice department concerning sex crimes allegations, which he also denies. the dlj ultimately -- d.o.j. ultimately deciding against prosecuting him. here is some of the reaction from one democratic senator. >> matt gaetz is dangerously unqualified. this is going to be a red alert moment for american democracy. matt gaetz is being nominated for one reason, because he will implement donald trump transition of the department of justice from an agency that stands up for all of us to simply an arm of the white house designed to persecute and prosecute trump's political enemies . >> senate r

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is matt gaetz. your reaction to this? this news just broke. it's out on trump's truth social. is the hill abuzz with this news? give us a sense of what is going on? >> yeah, look, this is what the american people voted for, right? trump was not shy about what he wanted to do in this country, and in matt gaetz, he is not only going to get someone who is fiercely loyal, but fiercely competent. matt gaetz knows exactly what to do with the attorney general's office. he will turn that into being the most powerful attorney general in american history. i know matt well. we served together in the legislature in florida. in fact, matt was the one that was part of the transition team of ron desantis, who helped get me appointed as the director of emergency management in the state of florida. trump was very clear on what he wanted to do with government, in matt gaetz, he's going to get a very competent, very powerful attorney general. >> what do you think he's going to do as ag?, if confirmed? >> i don't know.

that was before matt gaetz was announced for attorney general.tments after that announcement. i think the only way matt gaetz will become attorney general is by a recess appointment. i don't know he can get the votes to be confirmed the regular order. what trump did was raise the stakes of that, recess appointments, senate republicans now know what the stakes are. if they give him that power, what they are doing in effect is to give him the power to appoint people like matt gaetz. >> they're giving away their role of advise and consent. demanding senator back gaetz is the 2024 version of forcing sean pacer to say it was the largest inauguration crowd ever. these aren't just appointments. they're loyalty tests. the absurdity is the point. that seems right to me. >> that's right. absolutely. you're absolutely right. it is about loyalty. this is about forcing his followers to defend the indefensible and we'll see what they do. from an institutional perspective, confirming nominees is something that only the senate does. the house has no role in that

report is matt gaetz continues to go to the confirmation process for attorney general. >> host: matt gaetz was on capitol hill yesterday meeting with senators. what was happening on on thee of the capital? >> guest: the house ethics committee meeting about whether or not the panels release its sprawling report. investigation has been going on and off for three years. whether they should release that report. on the other side of the capital the former congressman was crisscrossing different congressional offices meeting with senators to talk what is confirmation. this is something always happens when you have a presidential nominee and their confirmation forthcoming in the senate, meet with all the individual senators to discuss the confirmation. this would happen with a different context. as a house ethics committee was debating whether or not it should release the report and a number of senators including democrats and republicans have called on the ethics committee to release its report because they want to look at the findings before weighing in on his confirmation. things look di

house republicans seem pretty committed to protecting matt gaetz. and the question now is, will senate republicans do the same? as a reminder, it would take four republican senators to think gates's nomination, considering all democrats vote against him. to that, there are a few key senators were focusing on, first, thom tillis, a republican of north carolina. senator tillis sits on a senate judiciary committee, the first body to take up the gate emanation in the congress. as senator tillis is up for reelection in 2026. in a state where democrats have been gaining some real momentum , despite trump's victory this year, democrats swept statewide races for north carolina's governor, lieutenant governor, secretary of state, attorney general, and superintendent of public schools. that political reality has to be waiting on senator tillis as he decides what he is going to do about matt gaetz. someone would precisely zero democratic support. gaetz himself has referred to senator tillis as an american left republican senator. here is what senator tillis ha

matt gaetz is the perfect grenade.o some degree what happened in the last week is entirely foreseeable, given how it ended. but i also think that trump still gets to send a message, gaetz sort of gets to be seen, you know, to some degree as the ultimate trump loyalist which could help him if he did want to run for something in florida, and wanted to sort of get the nomination. i think also i wouldn't count him out for a job that is not senate confirmable, whether in the white house or somewhere else in government, because clearly trump does value gaetz's loyalty, the spectacle of him, and the like minded sort of approach to exacting revenge, getting attention, and just essentially, you know, being the center of attention for whatever reason, not necessarily the good ones. so, i don't think we have seen the last of him. >> peter, part of what defined the last administration, trump administration, all the palace intrigue, the sources going after other people in the administration, everybody trying to knife the other. tha