Speaking during a Sunday, November 17 interview on “Fox News Sunday,” Speaker of the House Mike Johnson (R-LA) said that he is all on board with President-elect Donald Trump’s decision to appoint former Congressman Matt Gaetz (R-FL) as Attorney General. Speaker Johnson added that he is urging his fellow Republicans in the Senate to confirm Gaetz.

Announcing Gaetz’s appointment in a post on Truth Social, President-Elect Trump said, “It is my Great Honor to announce that Congressman Matt Gaetz, of Florida, is hereby nominated to be The Attorney General of the United States. Matt is a deeply gifted and tenacious attorney, trained at the William & Mary College of Law, who has distinguished himself in Congress through his focus on achieving desperately needed reform at the Department of Justice. Few issues in America are more important than ending the partisan Weaponization of our Justice System.”