As attorney general, Gaetz would go from being under DOJ scrutiny to leading the nation's top law enforcement agency

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

75% : And while his antics turned off many of his own colleagues, Gaetz won over Trump and became a staunch ally.
67% : Sources close to Trump said he sees Gaetz as an effective messenger of his agenda and believes his appointees to other top positions at the Justice Department can handle day-to-day duties.
64% : "Gaetz goes to WashingtonElected to Congress the same year Trump won the White House, Gaetz first arrived in the US House of Representative in 2017, and quickly became better known for his trademark incendiary political moves than legislating.
50% : Gaetz, a career politician with limited experience practicing law, resigned from his seat in Congress just hours after Trump announced earlier this week his intention to nominate him as the top federal law enforcement officer in the United States.
48% : Gaetz would be able to take on the Justice Department from the inside, molding the institution and its law enforcement components, including the Federal Bureau of Investigation; the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives; and the Drug Enforcement Administration, to fit his vision -- and Trump's.Democrats on Capitol Hill and some legal scholars have flatly said Gaetz is unqualified for the job, and even people close to Gaetz told CNN they are concerned he may not be a good fit at the department and may have trouble winning confirmation by the Senate if there's a vote on his nomination.
41% : "Reaction inside the BeltwayInside the Justice Department, some employees who had braced for the possibility of other names that had surfaced early in the transition were appalled when Trump made the Gaetz announcement.
36% : Trump said he intends to nominate Todd Blanche, who played a central role in his defense teams in the Manhattan hush money case and two federal criminal cases, to be the second in command at the Justice Department as the deputy attorney general.
32% : Even among Trump transition officials who had spent weeks preparing potential nominees for Trump to review were taken aback, in part because it meant all the work they had done was cast aside for a choice that came from Trump's gut, a person close to the transition said.
32% : Trump also announced his selection of Emile Bove, another member of his criminal defense team, to be principal associate attorney general.
29% : When House GOP Conference Chair Liz Cheney of Wyoming voted to impeach Trump in January, Gaetz didn't just criticize her -- he traveled to Wyoming to hold a rally denouncing her.
29% : That same year, Gaetz allegedly sought from Trump a preemptive presidential pardon relating to the sex-trafficking probe, an aide testified to the House Select Committee investigating January 6.
28% : Since Trump left office in 2020, Gaetz has alleged the Justice Department is "weaponized" against conservatives.
26% : But Trump called Gaetz one his "absolute warriors" for regularly coming to his defense on cable television.
22% : From his perch on the powerful House Judiciary Committee, he accused the FBI of going "far beyond" what the law allows in surveillance, called for the FBI to be abolished, and lambasted prosecutions of Trump and January 6 rioters.
21% : And during the House's first impeachment inquiry into Trump, Gaetz led a band of Republicans to "storm" the House Intelligence secure committee spaces where the impeachment interviews were being held.

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