Klobuchar: Gaetz is an ‘absurd’ choice for attorney general

Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.) said former Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.) was an “absurd” choice for President-elect Trump's attorney general, during a Friday appearance on CNN.

“This is an absurd choice given that he has been outwardly under investigation by the House Ethics Committee, and then he resigned right before the report is to be released on charges of everything and allegations of sex trafficking and illicit drug use, and it appears as though a number of House members on both sides of the aisle has information about this,” Klobuchar, the chair of the Senate Rules Committee, fumed to CNN's Jake Tapper.

“So that is why I am not surprised that senators like Sen. [Kevin] Cramer from North Dakota, who is a conservative, said that his nomination is a long shot,” she said. “You have Sen. [John] Cornyn, a well respected member of the Judiciary Committee, saying that he must see this report, that he wants to see this report, and so a group of us asked for this report, and unfortunately, it appears as though the House Speaker doesn't want to release this report.” 

House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) urged the Ethics Committee not to release the report on Friday, after previously stating he would not be involved in the matter.

However, Klobuchar said the contents of the report will be unveiled even if it needs to be recreated.

“I just think this is absurd, because we will have to recreate this report,” she explained. “You have to recreate a report and use the FBI to investigate all of these various allegations of a position so important; overseeing 115,000 law enforcement, FBI agents, prosecutors.

“There couldn't be a more important position in the U.S. government when it comes to public safety.”