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Trump’s decision to nominate Matt Gaetz for attorney general turned a transition personnel move into a legal and political mess on contact. The pick revived scrutiny of a nominee already under investigation and prompted immediate alarm over whether the Justice Department was being treated like a loyalty prize rather than the nation’s top law-enforcement post.
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Trump’s decision to nominate Matt Gaetz for attorney general turned a transition personnel move into a legal and political mess on contact. The pick revived scrutiny of a nominee already under investigation and prompted immediate alarm over whether the Justice Department was being treated like a loyalty prize rather than the nation’s top law-enforcement post.
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