Matt Gaetz Would Destroy the Justice Department as Attorney General. That's Just the Beginning.

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

41% : But it could also be that Trump has fewer guardrails than ever before.
34% : In his Truth Social post revealing the news, Trump promised that Gaetz would end "the partisan Weaponization of our Justice System."
33% : Trump has also proposed charging New York prosecutors who brought charges against him under state law, along with judges, police officers, members of Congress, election workers, journalists -- in short, everyone who stymied his 2020 power-grab or sought accountability afterward.
29% : With the vast machinery of the Justice Department at his disposal, Gaetz could create a living hell for everyone against whom Trump holds a grudge, subjecting them to arrest and pre-trial detention, even if the bogus charges later fizzle out in the court.
28% : Ever the projector, Trump more likely intends for Gaetz to simply weaponize the justice system against his perceived enemies -- as the former president promised throughout his campaign.
24% : "As targets of criminal investigations, Gaetz and Trump share an impassioned hatred for the Department of Justice.
23% : Gaetz regularly appears on TV accusing Garland and Smith of engaging in a witch hunt against Trump and attempting to interfere with his reelection.
21% : He spent his first four years defending Trump and condemning Special Counsel Robert Mueller's probe into the president.
20% : Trump's desire to nominate Gaetz for attorney general marks an effort to simultaneously degrade and weaponize the DOJ, subverting its mission of principled, nonpartisan law enforcement while punishing those who pursued charges against Trump (and, perhaps, against Gaetz himself).
13% : He has relentlessly condemned Merrick Garland, Biden's attorney general, as well as Special Counsel Jack Smith, who charged Trump with election subversion and theft of classified documents.

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