Either Way, Matt Gaetz Wins
Trump’s pick for attorney general will get to burnish his MAGA-loyalist credentials whether or not the Senate confirms him.
Elaine Godfrey
Elaine Godfrey is a staff writer at The Atlantic. She covers national politics.
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