How Trump Nominated Matt Gaetz for Attorney General

The Bulwark: “None of the attorneys had what Trump wants, and they didn’t talk like Gaetz. Everyone else looked at AG as if they were applying for a judicial appointment. They talked about their vaunted legal theories and constitutional bullshit. Gaetz was the only one who said, ‘yeah, I’ll go over there and start cuttin’ fuckin’ heads.’”

Playbook: “The Gaetz-for-AG plan came together yesterday, just hours before it was announced, Meridith tells us. It was hatched aboard Trump’s airplane en route to Washington, on which Gaetz was a passenger. A Trump official revealed more details to Playbook late last night: Boris Epshteyn played a central role in the development, lobbying Trump to choose Gaetz while incoming White House chief of staff Susie Wiles was in a different, adjacent room on the plane, apparently unaware.”

“In short: Many in Trump’s inner circle were blindsided and are not exactly happy.”