Rep. Scott Perry threw his full support behind President-elect Donald Trump’s choice of former Rep. Matt Gaetz as attorney general, telling Newsmax on Monday that “every time I think about the things that happened over the course of the last four years [at the Department of Justice], I think about how much more we need Matt Gaetz than ever right now.”
The Pennsylvania Republican belittled the concern of some congressmen from both sides of the aisle over an unreleased report from the House Ethics Committee on Gaetz’s behavior, telling “?Wake Up America” that those probes are not based on due process, as the ethics committee does not have witnesses from both sides come in or conduct cross examinations before making a report.
Perry emphasized that “both sides have been unhappy with Matt Gaetz for some time, because he says things that they don’t want to hear. He points out things that they don’t like, that the swamp doesn’t like,” and they are using the report to try to destroy his political career.
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