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Florida’s AG Pam Bondi selected for Attorney General after Matt Gaetz withdrew

CBN Screenshot Pam Bondi

Important Takeaways:

  • President-elect Donald Trump has quickly moved to nominate a new attorney general after his first choice, Rep. Matt Gaetz, withdrew amid controversy
  • Trump has selected former Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi for the role.
  • Bondi, who previously served two terms as Florida’s attorney general, has already received endorsements from key Republican senators, including Missouri Sen. Eric Schmitt. Schmitt congratulated Bondi on social media, calling her “an incredible attorney general.”
  • Florida Sen. Rick Scott also voiced his support, praising Bondi’s track record of keeping the state safe.
  • Gaetz announced his withdrawal after facing a House Ethics Committee investigation into allegations of sexual misconduct, drug use, and payments to underage women. Gaetz has denied the charges, but he cited concerns about becoming a distraction to Trump’s transition process.
  • Bondi, a member of Trump’s transition team, expressed her pride in being part of the effort to surround the incoming president with “the brightest and best people.” Trump wasted no time in announcing Bondi’s nomination, hoping to stabilize the transition process after Gaetz’s unexpected exit.
  • Meanwhile, another of Trump’s recent nominees, Pete Hegseth, faces allegations of sexual misconduct stemming from 2017. Hegseth, nominated to head the Department of Defense, has denied the accusations. “The matter was fully investigated, and I was completely cleared,” Hegseth told reporters, declining to comment further.
  • In other political news, the GOP has secured a confirmed Senate victory in Pennsylvania, with challenger Dave McCormick officially winning a recount, giving Republicans 53 seats in the U.S. Senate.
  • The Republican Party is now expected to push ahead with Trump’s agenda. South Dakota Sen. Mike Rounds has already introduced a bill aimed at fulfilling Trump’s promise to abolish the Department of Education.

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Matt Gaetz picked for Attorney General to “End the Weaponized Government” and restore Americans’ shattered faith in the Justice Department

Matt Gaetz

Important Takeaways:

  • Matt Gaetz (R-FL) has resigned from his congressional seat after President-elect Donald Trump nominated him to serve as Attorney General in his administration.
  • House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) announced and confirmed that Gaetz’s resignation was “effective immediately” and that a special election will be held in his congressional district.
  • Mike Johnson revealed that Gaetz stepped down from his post due to a state law that gives an “8-week period to select and fill a vacant seat.”
  • “If you start the clock now, if you do the math, we may be able to fill that seat as early as Jan. 3 when we take the new oath of office for the new Congress,” Johnson explained of Gaetz’s reasoning.
  • “Few issues in America are more important than ending the partisan Weaponization of our Justice System. Matt will end Weaponized Government, protect our Borders, dismantle Criminal Organizations and restore Americans’ badly-shattered Faith and Confidence in the Justice Department,” he said.
  • “On the House Judiciary Committee, which performs oversight of DOJ, Matt played a key role in defeating the Russia, Russia, Russia Hoax, and exposing alarming and systemic Government Corruption and Weaponization,” he added.

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