DOJ insiders feared Gaetz was 'a time bomb that would have gone off': NYT reporter
According to a New York Times correspondent, there was a great sigh of relief among Republicans as well as officials at the Department of Justice when ex-Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL) withdrew his name for consideration to be the next attorney general.
Speaking with MSNBC host Alex Witt, Peter Baker stated that was a great deal of trepidation about the embattled Florida Republican becoming America's top cop when there existed a reportedly "damaging" House Ethics Committee report in the works that allegedly would link him to sex and drugs parties with underaged women.
Witt brought up new AG nominee Pam Bondi and asked. "Is she just as concerning to folks inside of DOJ as Matt Gaetz was? I'm curious what the first order of business might be be, this is supposed to be a politically neutral position."
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"Well, look, I don't think anyone can concern people more than Matt Gaetz," he began. "He was so far out there in their view that he was seen as a time bomb that would have gone off the minute he got in there"
"But Bondi is a partisan loyalist to Trump," he cautioned. "She may not be as flamboyant as Matt Gaetz but she holds some of the same views on the Justice Department and how it should be used."
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