Gaetz has been under fire since President-elect Donald Trump nominated him as the next U.S. attorney general last week.
Former Congressman Matt Gaetz, President-elect Donald Trump’s nominee for U.S. attorney general, has weighed in on his quest to be confirmed as the nation’s top law enforcement officer by the Senate.
Gaetz, the subject of a hotly anticipated report on a House Ethics Committee investigation into alleged sexual abuse and illicit drug use, has been facing heavy criticism since being named as Trump’s attorney general on November 13. Republicans take control of the Senate in early January but the confirmation of Trump’s picks likely relies on the party losing no more than three votes.
Trump has reportedly been making personal phone calls to Republican senators to convince them to back the confirmation of Gaetz, who is perhaps his most controversial Cabinet nominee so far. Gaetz, who has been mostly tight-lipped since being nominated, met with GOP senators at the Capitol on Wednesday before briefly discussing his meetings with reporters.
“They’ve been going great”, Gaetz said when asked about his meetings. “Senators have been giving a lot of good advice.
