Posted on 11/19/2024 8:21:09 PM PST by wardaddy
The Four Paths for Matt Gaetz to Become the Next Attorney General There seems to be some confusion about how Matt Gaetz and Donald Trump's other controversial picks can be put into their roles
Former Congressman Matt Gaetz is facing strong headwinds as Donald Trump’s pick for Attorney General. It’s not just the usual suspects like Democrats and legacy media. He’s being hit hard by some in both conservative media and Republican lawmakers in Washington, DC.
Personally, I wholeheartedly support him for the role, and perhaps if it becomes necessary I’ll make the case for why I believe he’s ideal to take on the UniParty Swamp as the top law enforcement leader in the nation. But for now I just want to add clarity to the conversation because there seems to be a lot of confusion about what happens from here.
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The only thing I'd add is that nominations can go slowly because the Senate is dragging its feet, and/or because the nominations that were made are somewhat controversial.
I'd just say that there seems to be a general acknowledgement that Gaetz will have to rely on the knowledge and experience of some good conservative lawyers if he is confirmed. So I'd just prefer to skip the middleman and have one of those good, experienced conservative lawyers instead.
Worthy read. Read before commenting, yeah I broke the FR rule. Must be my lack of seed oils intake.
Bruce why are you here?
Bored?
You’re a nevertrumper of course you disagree over Gaetz lol
The forced recess explanation is bunk. Thune has committed to recess; the concern is whether he has the votes. If he wants to recess but doesn’t have the votes, the forced recess is exactly how to do it.
From the article:
Temporary Appointment
The Federal Vacancies Reform Act of 1998 allows President Trump to appoint Gaetz as Attorney General in an “acting” role. This will give him full power over the Department of Justice and does not require the Senate’s advice or consent.But it only lasts for 210 days. If President Trump nominates someone else during that time, then Gaetz can remain in the role until the Senate confirms the new Attorney General, but not longer than another 210 days.
This would give us 7-14 months with Attorney General Matt Gaetz. It’s better than nothing and a lot can be done in that time. But obviously it’s not ideal for those of us who want him to fill the role for at least four years.
Consider this:
The DOJ has cancer — BAD.
It needs brutal surgery, chemo and radiation. Not another G-D lawyer to cozy up to those malignant twisted disease-spreaders.
After the brutality of the disfiguring treatment maybe one of those chimera “lawyers” you’re so in love with can assist Gaetz for the rebuild.
Only reading the headline is a time honored tradition. Here
EVERYONE DOES IT!
Then we reply with the sound and the fury fully informed lol
Interesting. I was thinking, too, of two consecutive 210 day terms for Gaetz, “somehow”. Thank you for fleshing out the details of “how”.
I really think there will be two phases of this. Phase 1 is to go all medieval on the DOJ — demolish it down to the foundation and studs. Phase 2 will be a rebuild. Gaetz seems a great choice for the demo. Maybe there’s a better choice for the rebuild.
Thank u
Two years of a cane corso gnawing in the thigh of the nwo woke blob is good enough for me
Give him Erik Prince for security btw
Maybe the 4D Chess approach would be to put someone who is absolutely Trump-loyal but without Gaetz-level baggage in for confirmation. Then after confirmed, have that person hire Gaetz as Deputy Attorney General and go on vacation for a while.
I went to the DoJ’s website and found this:
“The Deputy Attorney General is authorized to exercise all the power and authority of the Attorney General, except where such power or authority is prohibited by law from delegation or has been delegated to another official. In the absence of the Attorney General, the Deputy Attorney General acts as the Attorney General.”
So, the vacation is even optional, as long as the AG delegates to the DAG. Maybe Trump should not let the perfect become the enemy of the Very Damn Good.
Good find. Good read.
I’m not so interested in the how.
This is purely about power and LEVERAGE.
Trump wrote the Art of the Deal, and that was about leverage.
Trump will never have more leverage with the Uniparty than he does between now and the inauguration.
The resistance has not had time to organize with the change in Senate leadership.
Trump is making it clear that he will use any means necessary to put Gaetz in place.
Therefore ALL the political calculations rest with congress and specifically the Senate.
The majority of the Senators in the Republican wing of the Uniparty do not want go on the record with a vote on Gaetz.
That is the foundation of Trump’s leverage.
Some kind of recess appointment would be the easiest pill for them to swallow.
Trump played nice with the Republican wing of the Uniparty in 2016.
This time around, he drew a line in the sand.
Pick a side.
Pick the wrong side and be prepared to pay a price.
Gotta come out swinging and ignore the Blob
Hanson kind of said Gaetz might be the stalking horse to take attention off the others
I hope not
Gaetz Is a great lawyer And loyal like Bobby Kennedy to President Kennedy.
Bobby never had a trail before becoming AG
What about Eric Holderman? For Obama?
“A Sour Note: Pouty Sunny Hostin Forced to Read Matt Gaetz Legal Notice on The View”
https://twitchy.com/warren-squire/2024/11/19/hostin-eats-crew-gaetz-the-view-legal-note-n2404008
Hostin sounds and looks as if she is being held hostage by the station’s legal department until she reads the statement as instructed. LOL!
The appointment of Gaetz as AG could reflect a strategic diversionary tactic, akin to a military decoy or feint.
By encouraging Democrats to concentrate their efforts on his ethics accusations, they risk exhausting their arguments and resources on a front that is unlikely to lead to disqualification—particularly since these accusations have already been discredited.
If this line of attack fails, it may leave them poorly positioned to challenge Gaetz on his qualifications or suitability.
Whether intentional or coincidental, this tactic could result in the Democrats (and some Republicans) being strategically outmaneuvered, as their focus on a single, polarizing issue diverts attention from broader considerations.
Speaking of broader considerations, this outmaneuvering of those attacking Gaetz may have implications for other nominees.
I'm not a fan of Gaetz for anything, but the Senate should confirm him and get the h* out of Pres. Trump's way.
Rucker has a membership let him post his own crap.
A trained monkey can fire all the political appointees in the DOJ. Hell, the president can do that easily without an AG. So that part is easy.
But there are two other things that need to happen, and that's where you really need someone who knows that department and has a lot more experience.
The first is getting rid of other people deeper down in the organization who aren't political appointees, but nevertheless can gum up the works if they want. That's much harder to do because they have civil service protection, so you have to set them up correctly and build the right record to have the termination hold up to challenge. And it is going to be almost impossible to do that if you don't have a lot of familiarity with how the DoJ functions, internal rules, etc.. Literally nobody on Trump's list of nominations for the DoJ has that. So it is going to be the blind leading the blind, and the reforms that need to happen are going to be either massively delayed, or not happen at all.
The second part of the job is to continue prosecutions that need to happen, and to start new ones. So that's everything from gangs, immigration violations, going after corrupt and politicized local governments, etc.. And for that you need a ton of professional front-line prosecutors executing a well-planned out strategy. Gaetz' heart may be in the right place, but he has nothing close to the legal experience to pull that off.
There are tons of experienced conservative lawyers out there far more capable of doing that job. Just today, Trump nominated Matthew Whitaker to be NATO ambassador. So pretty clearly, Trump is confident of Whitaker's loyalty, right? But here's the thing -- Whitaker was Acting Deputy Attorney General under Trump himself in Trump's first term.
Which means Trump had a guy staring him in the face with the exact experience needed for AG, whose loyalty and commitment to the right policies is solid, and he puts him in the exact wrong position.
It's freaking maddening to watch Trump screw up what should have been a layup. And let's face it, picking the right people for the right jobs wasn't exactly his strength the first time around, and we were all crossing our fingers and hoping he'd learned from his mistakes. Pretty clearly, he hasn't.
So I'm more than fine with the Senate doing its job, rejecting Gaetz, and getting someone in there who will know what the hell he is doing.
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