“It is my Great Honor to announce that Congressman Matt Gaetz, of Florida, is hereby nominated to be The Attorney General of the United States,” Trump said in a statement on Truth Social. “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.”
Gaetz said in a statement that “it will be an honor” to serve in the role.
The Florida Republican was an unexpected choice whose name had not been on short lists of candidates in the days since Trump won the election. Other contenders had included former acting Attorney General Matthew Whitaker, Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey, and John Ratcliffe, whom Trump ended up nominating as CIA director.
Gaetz, an ardent Trump supporter, conservative…
