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    Trump picks firebrand Rep. Matt Gaetz for attorney general

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    President-elect Donald Trump announced Wednesday that he had chosen Representative Matt Gaetza firebrand lawmaker who was a harsh critic of the Justice Department even while he was under investigation by it, as attorney general.

    The Florida Republican has been a vocal critic of the department from his seat on the Judiciary Committee and a staunch defender of Trump. Gaetz accused Attorney General Merrick Garland to militarize the department and declared that he agree with the decision of Special Advisor Robert Hur not to accuse President Joe Biden of mishandling classified documents because he was “senile.” Gaetz also accused FBI Director Christopher Wray of being “blissfully ignorant” of how agents conducted their investigations.

    Gaetz demonstrated his willingness to fight the Washington establishment by opposing former House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., and almost getting into a fight with other legislators on the House floor during the conflict. Gaetz fended off a challenge in the Republican primary this year from a McCarthy-backed rival.

    “Matt is a deeply gifted and tenacious lawyer, trained at William & Mary College of Law, who has distinguished himself in Congress with a focus on achieving desperately needed reform at the Justice Department,” Trump said in an article on Truth Social. “Few issues in America are more important than ending the partisan militarization of our justice system. »

    THE The Department of Justice has more than 100,000 employees covering a wide range of interests. The department prosecutes federal criminal laws through U.S. attorneys’ offices and its headquarters, and brings civil suits to enforce civil rights and antitrust laws. The department oversees agencies such as the FBI; the Drug Enforcement Administration; the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives; the US Marshals Service and the Bureau of Prisons.

    Trump was at odds with the department for much of his first administration over investigations into his aides and himself. He has since threatened to investigate rivals like President Joe Biden and former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif. Trump also threatened to investigate Attorney General Merrick Garland and Special Counsel Jack Smith, who obtained two indictments against him.

    Trump’s first national security advisor, Michael Flynnresigned a few weeks into his term after lying to the FBI about his contacts with a Russian ambassador before Trump’s inauguration. Flynn was found guilty and Trump pardoned him after the 2020 elections.

    Trump shot his first Attorney General, Jeff Sessions, for recusing himself from the investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 election. Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein appointed special counsel Robert Mueller, a former longtime FBI director, to investigate what Trump called partisan witch hunt.

    Mueller and the The intelligence community discovered that Russia intervened with the election in favor of Trump over Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton, but that the Trump campaign had not cooperated in this interference.

    Mueller has made no decision on whether to indict Trump for obstructing his investigation due to long-standing departmental policy against the accusation of a sitting president.

    After Trump left office, Special Counsel Jack Smith obtained two indictments against Trump. One alleged he conspired to steal the 2020 election and prevent Congress from counting the Electoral College votes. The other alleged that he illegally retained classified documents after leaving the White House.

    But Smith is closure of two federal criminal cases against Trump as part of the same department policy against judging a sitting president. A judge gave Smith a Dec. 2 to explain his plans regarding the election interference case. Another judge dismissed the charges dealing with classified documents ruling that Smith was appointed illegally and Smith appealed, but he is expected to drop that appeal.

    Trump strongly opposed it Smith publishes summary of evidence in the election interference case before the election because he was not given the opportunity to refute these claims.

    Trump and House Republicans have threatened to investigate Smith, whose investigation the former president has criticized as a partisan witch hunt by the administration of his Democratic rival, Biden. Biden and Garland have denied any political motive behind the investigations.

    “They should throw deranged Jack Smith and his rogue prosecutors in jail, along with Meritless Garland and Trump hating Lisa Monaco,” Trump said in an article on Truth Social in July 2023, referring to Attorney General Merrick Garland and Deputy Attorney General Lisa Monaco. “They have totally militarized the Department of Injustice. »

    Two House Speakers − Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, on the Judiciary Committee and Rep. Barry Loudermilk, R-Ga., on the Administration Subcommittee on Oversight − wrote Smith on November 8 asking him to keep all the files of his investigation.

    Garland, who named Smith, denied any political motivation in the decision and said Smith would follow the facts and the law.

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