Latest Trump Cabinet Updates: Controversial Anti-Vaccine Skeptic RFK Jr Named Health Department Secretary

Donald Trump announced that he will nominate former Florida Republican Congressman Matt Gaetz as attorney general.

In a statement, the president-elect praised Gaetz, 42, who has frequently defended Trump and criticized the various criminal and congressional investigations into the Republican.

“As a member of the House Judiciary Committee, which oversees the DOJ, Matt played a key role in defeating Russia, Russia, the Russia hoax and exposing alarming corruption and militarization and systemic aspects of government,” Trump wrote Wednesday, calling Gaetz a “champion of the Constitution and the rule of law.

Prison officials in Georgia’s most populous county are violating the constitutional rights of inmates by failing to protect them from violence, using excessive force and detaining them in filthy and dangerous conditions, department officials said Thursday American Justice, while threatening to involve the courts if corrective measures are not taken quickly.

The Fulton County Sheriff’s Office does not adequately protect inmates from violence by other inmates, including stabbings, sexual abuse and murder, federal officials say in a lengthy report that details alleged abuse. Vulnerable populations, including people who are gay, transgender, young, or with serious mental illness, are particularly at risk of violence, which causes lasting physical injury and trauma, the report said.

“Our investigation reveals long-standing, unconstitutional, illegal and dangerous conditions that endanger the lives and well-being of those detained there,” Kristen Clarke, assistant attorney general for civil rights, said in a statement. a press conference.

“We are very grateful to the thousands of Americans who have expressed interest in helping us with DOGE,” the group wrote on X Thursday. “We don’t need more part-time idea generators. We need revolutionaries in small government, with very high IQs, willing to work 80+ hour weeks at unglamorous cost cutting. If this is you, send a DM to this account with your resume. Elon & Vivek will review the top 1% of candidates.

Alex Jones watched in real time as his Infowars website and video streaming platform went offline hours after satirical news was published. The onion won the auction for the bankrupt conspiracy theorist’s operations.

Jones, broadcasting from his studio in Texas on November 14, was joined by formerly incarcerated Donald Trump adviser Steve Bannon while Infowars.com was shut down.

“Force them to turn off the power…Let’s put the camera on them,” Bannon said. “Put the damn camera on them. …Let’s see the polish on these boots. … They are nothing other than the Gestapo. It’s the administrative state and the Gestapo, a deep state.”

“I said this morning, if you’re shocked or surprised by Pete Hegseth’s nomination last night for Secretary of Defense, buckle up baby, because it’s okay, we’ve got a lot more to come,” Spicer said at NewsNation. The Hill Wednesday.

Under Musk, the new office – which will operate “outside of government” – will advise on cutting federal departments and determine which staff should be let go if it considers it a “massive waste”.

Trump promised that Musk and Ramaswamy “will lead the way for my administration to dismantle government bureaucracy, reduce excessive regulations, cut wasteful spending, and restructure federal agencies.”

Sylvester Stallone described Donald Trump as the “second George Washington” in a warm-up speech for the president-elect at Mar-a-Lago.

The Hollywood heavyweight attended a black-tie gala on Thursday to celebrate Trump’s election victory, which was attended by several of his cabinet picks, including RFK Jr. and Matt Gaetz.

“We are in the presence of a truly legendary character,” Stallone said, before adding that “no one could have achieved what Trump did.”

Donald Trump reflected on the presidential election Thursday night in his first public appearance since securing the White House last week.

“No one knew we were going to win the way we won it,” Trump told attendees at the America First Policy Institute gala at Mar-A-Lago in Palm Beach, Florida.

“Also, President Mike Johnson, wherever you are, Mike, in this very large and crowded room, thank you, Mike,” Trump added. “I went there yesterday, just in case, I said, ‘Look, I want to tell you, I’m behind this man 100 percent,’ and he got 100 percent of the Republican vote.”

Johnson won the GOP nomination to remain president Wednesday after Republicans officially secured their majority in the House.

Donald Trump took a slight jab at billionaire Elon Musk during a speech at Mar-a-Lago Thursday night.

Musk, whom Trump recently named co-chairman of the new Department of Government Effectiveness, has reportedly been a constant presence at his Mar-a-Lago estate over the past week.

“Elon, what a job, what a job he’s doing,” Trump said. “He’s great, he happens to be a really good guy. You know, he loves this place. I can’t get him out of here. He just loves this place.