“Matt Gaetz has repeatedly spread falsehoods about the January 6, 2021 attack on the Capitol.”, — write: www.unian.ua
Matt Gaetz has repeatedly spread falsehoods about the January 6, 2021 attack on the Capitol.
The US Ministry of Justice called Trump’s choice of Attorney General Matt Gaetz “crazy” and “unbelievable” / UNIAN collage, screenshotsThe choice by the newly elected US President Donald Trump of Matt Gaetz – a member of the House of Representatives from Florida, who recently became the object of an FBI investigation – for the post of attorney general caused a shock in the Ministry of Justice of the country. NBC News writes about it.“Oh my god,” said a current high-ranking official at the US Department of Justice.
Another representative of the department called the choice “really amazing”, the third – “crazy”.
Gaetz, who was the subject of a federal sex-trafficking investigation that ended without charges, has been a staunch Trump supporter and has regularly attacked both the Justice Department and the FBI, including calling for defunding and disbandment. departments One of the representatives of the Ministry of Justice, commenting on the elimination of Trump, was at a loss for words:
“What the hell is going on? I’m at a loss for words. How many other future attorneys general have had prior criminal prosecution experience?”.
As you know, Matt Gaetz has been particularly critical of the Justice Department’s investigation into the attack on the US Capitol on January 6, 2021, which led to the indictment of more than 1,500 Trump supporters and the conviction of more than 1,100 criminals involved in the attack, more than 600 of whom were sentenced to life terms imprisonment.
In particular, on the night of January 6, after the crowd had been driven from the building, Goetz promoted a conspiracy theory that the attack was actually organized by a left-wing anti-fascist group.
“In the years following the attack, he spread conspiracy theories about Ray Epps, a Trump supporter and indicted on January 6, who was falsely portrayed as a government agent, and about pipe bombs left near the Republican National Committee and the Democratic National Committee on the eve of the attack,” the statement said. articles
Trump’s personnel appointmentsThe day before, it became known that the President-elect of the United States, Donald Trump, has decided on candidates for the positions of Secretary of State, Director of National Intelligence, and Attorney General. The latter, in particular, should be embraced by Congressman Matt Gaetz from Florida.
As Trump said, Gaetz is a “deeply gifted and tenacious attorney” who “has distinguished himself in Congress by focusing on achieving much-needed reform at the Department of Justice.”
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