Former Fox News personality Geraldo Rivera was overjoyed that former Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL) dropped out of contention to serve as Donald Trump's next attorney general, he told CNN's Brianna Keilar on Friday. (Screengrab via CNN)
Former Fox News personality Geraldo Rivera was overjoyed that former Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL) dropped out of contention to serve as Donald Trump's next attorney general, he told CNN's Brianna Keilar on Friday.
"I first want to get your thoughts on Gaetz," said Keilar. "Are you surprised that Trump didn't end up going to the mat politically for him?"
"I am relieved, tremendously relieved. I don't know if I am particularly surprised," said Rivera, a conservative commentator who nonetheless opposed Trump in the 2024 election. "Matt Gaetz is a toxic stinker of a legislator, I think that he would have been a horrible choice at the Department of Justice. He's barely a lawyer. He's never prosecuted anything. You know, he has a couple of hours in his — in a family firm down in Florida. His sex with the underage — alleged sexual encounters with the underage young lady, the 17-year-old in Florida and the threesomes, and then The New York Times releasing, you know, the diagrams of how he paid off scores of these ladies, allegedly, with a PayPal and Venmo. He's just a low-life."
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Ultimately, he said, "How the president picked him I will never know. Seems that it was an impetuous choice. You know, there are a lot in that potential cabinet, Brianna, that are very controversial, but at least they are arguably competent. Not like this guy, this guy who tried single-handedly to destroy the House of Representatives, you know, going after the speaker, Kevin McCarthy. It's a relief."
Geraldo added that he's much more enthusiastic about Trump's selection of former Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi to replace him.
"I wish her the best," he said. "I've known her for years, interviewed her many times. She was a regular on my 'At Large' show on the weekends and often run into in the green room at Hannity. She's a real prosecutor, a county prosecutor, you know, with vast experience. Yes, she's controversial with Trump University and a bunch of other things that I've heard you mention. But she's the real deal."
Even if, he added, "you may not like her politics."
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