Even Matt Gaetz's famous father was surprised by his choice for Attorney General
Daily MailMatt Gaetz's politically connected father was surprised when Donald Trump chose his son to be the next US attorney general, it has emerged. The Florida state senator claimed he and his wife Vicky Gaetz had 'no prior warning' about their son's new job until he called them and said 'the president just offered me the attorney generalship'. Matt Gaetz and his wife Ginger Luckey Gaetz are pictured at the America First Policy Institute Gala held at Trump's Mar-a-Lago estate on November 14, 2024 in Palm Beach, Florida Critics say that as attorney general Matt Gaetz would likely drop several criminal cases against the former president and try to file bogus charges against perceived Trump opponents Trump has frequently jousted with the Justice Department, and critics say that as attorney general Gaetz would likely drop several criminal cases against the former president and try to file bogus charges against perceived Trump opponents. President Donald Trump takes a selfie with Rep. Matt Gaetz, R-Fla., in the House chamber after Trump's State of the Union address to a joint session of Congress on January 30, 2018 Senator-elect Adam Schiff, a Democrat and frequent Trump critic who is a regular target of the former president's wrath, also made a case against Gaetz.