President-elect Donald Trump announced on Wednesday that he will nominate Matt Gaetz as U.S. Attorney General. The polarizing MAGA congressman from Florida engineered the ouster of House Speaker Kevin McCarthy and is the subject of an ongoing House Ethics Committee investigation for sexual misconduct and illicit drug use. We talk about the implications of Gaetz’s nomination and what the Department of Justice could look like under a second Trump term.
Trump to Nominate Rep. Matt Gaetz to Head the DOJ

03 October 2024, USA, Washington: "Department of Justice - Federal Bureau of Investigation" can be read on the façade of the Ministry of Justice. (Valerie Plesch/picture alliance via Getty Images)
Guests:
Benjamin Wittes, editor-in-chief of Lawfare; senior fellow in Governance Studies at the Brookings Institute
Claudia Grisales, congressional correspondent, NPR
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