The nomination of Florida Rep. Matt Gaetz as United States Attorney General has the potential to make former U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Florida Alex Acosta’s interference in the Jeffrey Epstein prosecution in Florida look positively ethical.
https://apnews.com/article/jeffrey-epstein-florida-e2a4431f7319afd037023d9a586aa291
An avowed pussy-grabbing president who was found liable in a civil case for sexual assault (in New York digital penetration is somehow not considered rape) nominates a man for AG who has been the subject of multiple investigations into child trafficking and obstruction of justice.
https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/trump-picks-rep-matt-gaetz-attorney-general/story?id=115835796
Gaetz has denied any wrongdoing and maintains his innocence, so I guess this next part is just boys being boys on the House floor. No big deal.
In 2021 it was reported that as “a point of pride,” Gaetz shared nude photos and videos of women he claims were his sex partners with his buddies on the House floor.
https://www.cnn.com/2021/04/01/politics/matt-gaetz-photos-women/index.html
Back in the “old days” the FBI would conduct a full background check on any nominee for the US Attorney position in a state district, let alone the top job. “Have you ever seen [nominee] drunk? Use marijuana or other drugs? Swear or be abusive to any person? Cheat on their spouse? Lie? Say anything remotely racist?” But those were the old days. Now all bets are off. He will get the Brett Kavanaugh fast-track investigation. No need to dig around. “I like beer” will become “I like nudes.” Who cares, you’re hired.
The DOJ has had a strong record of late in cases against child traffickers and creators/users of CSAM. https://www.justice.gov/psc There will be a big change in personnel in United States Attorneys offices around the country as soon as the next president is sworn in. How will DOJ approach these cases going forward? Will Project Safe Childhood become Project Safe Predators? Man, down is up and up is down. Night is day and day is night.
Compare these people with Natasha Alexenko, whose courage and death were reported on in the NYT today. Alexenko became a powerful advocate for ending the national backlog of rape-kit testing after suffering dual traumas — being sexually assaulted and then discovering that her own rape kit with forensic evidence from her attacker had gone untested for 10 years.