Donald Trump chooses firebrand Rep. Matt Gaetz to run Justice Department as attorney general

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

70% : "Matt is a deeply gifted and tenacious attorney, trained at the William & Mary College of Law, who has distinguished himself in Congress through his focus on achieving desperately needed reform at the Department of Justice," Trump said in a post on Truth Social.
64% : Trump was at loggerheads with the department for much of his first administration because of investigations of his aides and himself.
31% : Flynn was convicted and Trump pardoned him after the 2020 election.
28% : Trump had strongly opposed Smith releasing a summary of the evidence in the election interference case before the election because he didn't have a chance to refute the claims.
27% : The Florida Republican has been a vocal critic of the department from his seat on the Judiciary Committee and a staunch defender of Trump.
25% : But Smith is winding down the two federal criminal cases against Trump under the same department policy against trying a sitting president.
23% : Mueller didn't make any decisions on whether to charge Trump for obstruction of his investigation because of longstanding department policy against charging a sitting president.
16% : Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein appointed special counsel Robert Mueller, a former longtime FBI director, to investigate in what Trump called a partisan witch hunt.
15% : After Trump left office, special counsel Jack Smith secured two indictments against Trump.
11% : Mueller and the intelligence community found Russia had interfered with the election to favor Trump over Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton, but that Trump's campaign had not cooperated with the interference.
10% : Trump fired his first attorney general, Jeff Sessions, for recusing himself from the investigation of Russian interference in the 2016 election.
9% : He has since threatened to investigate rivals such as President Joe Biden and former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif. Trump has also threatened to investigate Attorney General Merrick Garland and special counsel Jack Smith, who secured two indictments against him.
4% : "They ought to throw Deranged Jack Smith and his Thug Prosecutors in jail, with Meritless Garland and Trump Hating Lisa Monaco," Trump said in a post on Truth Social in July 2023, referring to Attorney General Merrick Garland and Deputy Attorney General Lisa Monaco.

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