Posted on 11/14/2024 5:56:35 AM PST by thegagline
CNN anchor Jake Tapper could not contain his bewilderment after President-elect Donald Trump announced his shocking nomination of Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.) to serve as his attorney general.
“Welcome to ‘The Lead,’ I’m Jake Tapper. And let me begin the show by uttering some words that I never contemplated using together before. And those words are ‘US Attorney General Matt Gaetz,’” the host opened his show on Wednesday night.
“Because if you were wondering what Trump without the guardrails looks like, well, we’re getting an idea beyond the theoretical,” he added.
*** The 42-year-old Republican firebrand, known for his fierce loyalty to Trump, immediately resigned from Congress after Trump’s announcement, according to House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.).
Gaetz’s resignation marks the end of a House Ethics Committee investigation that began in April 2021 over allegations that the congressman engaged in sexual misconduct and illicit drug use, accepted improper gifts, dispensed special privileges and favors to individuals with whom he had a personal relationship, and sought to obstruct government investigations of his conduct.
The ethics panel was reportedly set to vote Friday on whether to release its “highly damaging” report on Gaetz, according to Punchbowl News.
However, since Gaetz resigned, the panel no longer has jurisdiction to pursue the investigation.
Gaetz has vehemently denied any wrongdoing. ***
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McCarthy is also having a fit, as was Cavuto last night, funny to watch.
No(more) controlling legal authority.
Welcome to Trump without the training wheels!
And still they lost.
So Jake The Fake can shut his punk mouth, and count his blessings that he's not headed out over the Atlantic in one of Pinochet's helicopters, after a nice tune-up.
The timing of his resignation is suspect-immediately before the vote to release the ethics report.
What is a Jake Tapper and who gives a *&^%?
I’m not sure about Gaetz, but in this case, I don’t care. I’m simply enjoying listening to the leftists whine.
Cavuto lost all credibility with me when he slammed HCQ. McCarthy lives in a glass house and should take care in throwing bricks.
Word has it that Jake Tapper will soon be unemployed.
After Merrick Garland, I don’t want to hear it. If Gaetz has the DoJ soiling themselves, that already makes the pick worth it.
If you haven’t already, check out Twitter(X). The meltdowns are epic.
Remember when douchebags like Cavuto got their heads stuck into a toilet and flushed?
That’s what he needs... a good swirly.
What could they possibly be afraid of? This is what MAGA looks like and what people voted for.
You’re right - leaked and probably amended in a way that makes it worse.
Who would have been your pick Gagme?
The “ethics report” is all part of the partisan lawfare that proves the DOJ needs a wrecking ball taken to it.
Who better to reform the DOJ than a victim of the machine?
Steve Bannon for head of bureau of prisons.
As my Dad used to say - They are squealing like a stuck pig!
So true. In a just world, Garland and Mayorkas would be given the old Mussolini and his mistress treatment. Of course this will never happen.
I would like to see them arrested and prosecuted and imprisoned.
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