Trump is determined to see Gaetz confirmed as AG despite controversies
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Trump is determined to see Gaetz confirmed as AG despite controversies

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CNN — President-elect Donald Trump is pressing forward with his decision to put forward former Rep. Matt Gaetz as attorney general, despite widespread unease on Capitol Hill about entrusting the Justice Department to a figure with limited legal experience who has recently faced investigations into allegations of sexual misconduct. Yet the president-elect has made clear that he views Gaetz as the most important member of the Cabinet he is quickly assembling, sources with knowledge of Trump’s thinking told CNN, and he considers the nomination of the former Florida congressman an urgent priority for the incoming GOP majority in the Senate. Video Ad Feedback Russian state television reacts to Trump picking Gabbard and Gaetz 02:19 - Source: CNN The elevation of former presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as Trump’s pick for secretary of health and human services and former Hawaii Rep. Tulsi Gabbard as director of national intelligence will also test the Republican Senate majority. In one video that has circled widely since Gaetz was name, Oklahoma Sen. Markwayne Mullin told CNN’s Manu Raju that Gaetz showed videos on the House floor “of the girls that he had slept with.” “He’d brag about how he would crush ED medicine and chase it with an energy drink so he could go all night,” Mullin said. “I completely trust President Trump’s decision-making on this one,” Mullin said on CNN’s “The Lead.” The choice has also led to tension between House and Senate Republicans over the fate of the ethics investigation, which was stalled and potentially permanently shelved by Gaetz’s resignation from Congress.

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