President-elect Donald Trump on Wednesday said he will nominate Republican Rep. Matt Gaetz of Florida to serve as his attorney general, putting a loyalist in the role of the nation’s top prosecutor. In selecting the congressman, Trump passed over some of the more established attorneys whose names had been mentioned as being contenders for the job. “Matt will end Weaponized Government, protect our Borders, dismantle Criminal Organizations and restore Americans’ badly-shattered Faith and Confidence in the Justice Department,” Trump said in a statement. Gaetz has been a staunch supporter of Trump, and has regularly attacked the Justice Department and FBI, both of which he would oversee as attorney general, NBC News reported. The DOJ and FBI investigated Gaetz for possible sex trafficking, but the case ended in 2023 without any charges filed. After the resolution of the investigation, Gaetz called for the abolishment of the FBI. “I don’t care if it takes every second of our time and every ounce of our energy, we either get this government back on our side or we defund, get rid of, abolish the FBI CDC, ATF,” Gaetz said in 2023 at the Conservative Political Action Conference, referring to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives. Donald Trump 4 hours ago Trump picks ex-Rep. Tulsi Gabbard as director of national intelligence Congress 5 hours ago Republicans win the House, NBC News projects, as Trump's party takes full control of Washington Gaetz is also being investigated by the bipartisan House Ethics Committee, which is looking into whether he engaged in sexual misconduct and illicit drug use. Gaetz told the committee in September that he is done cooperating with the panel, which he said asked him for a list of adult sexual partners over the last seven years. In a letter to the committee and later to reporters, Gaetz blasted the investigation as “not the business of Congress.” “They’re just nosy is what they are, and it’s none of their business,” Gaetz told NBC News at the end of September.