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Senators want details of Matt Gaetz ethics probe before his confirmation vote for attorney general

www.nbcnews.com Senators want details of Matt Gaetz ethics probe before his confirmation vote for attorney general

Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, says he's open to subpoenaing the House Ethics Committee for information about Trump's pick. Others say the confirmation process will bring things to light.

Summary

Republican senators are preparing for a contentious confirmation process for Matt Gaetz, Donald Trump’s surprise pick for Attorney General, due to his past controversies and ongoing questions surrounding a House Ethics Committee investigation into alleged misconduct.

Gaetz resigned from Congress just before the Ethics Committee was set to release a potentially damaging report, raising concerns about his fitness for the role.

Some GOP senators, including Judiciary Committee members, have requested details of the investigation, while others express skepticism about his qualifications and political baggage.

Gaetz has started lobbying GOP senators, but faces a challenging path to confirmation.

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In other words, they're going to confirm him. :(
- The best explanation I've seen is that this was a calculated pick to distract and lower the bar for Trump's eventual real nominee (Paxton?), allowing the Senate and public to swallow someone who will still enable the DOJ as Trump's own personal vengeance law firm. It is also again Trump nonsense taking up all the oxygen, preventing debate over his other extremely problematic picks like Tulsi Gabbard.
  
  It gave Gaetz cover to resign and prevent his ethics probe from being public, and if this theory is correct, he'll withdraw from consideration before any of that information is made public. Mission(s) accomplished.
  
  I think you're giving them way too much credit
- He’s not getting confirmed. A fish with a criminal record has a higher chance of getting confirmed
  
  And a rapist and repeat felon can't make it to the white house
Like that will change their minds. Republicans are gonna lick Trump’s taint until their tongues are orange.
A side note: this broke the Senator Collins concern o'meter.
- Did she furrow her brow?
  
  Yes, and she said she was shocked
Summary:

He has none.
I bet GROOMERville will threaten for even asking for it, never mind actually reading the details...

The party of "law and order". Bang and traffic kids; and we'll make you Attorney General for the orange convicted felon!

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