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Ty Cobb , who served as a White House attorney to Donald Trump , slammed his former boss for nominating Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.) for attorney general.
CNN ’s Erin Burnett quoted Cobb as calling Gaetz’s selection a “fuck you to America.” Cobb said he used those words because Gaetz is unqualified “academically, professionally, ethically, morally and experientially.” “He has no business being in this conversation,” he said, adding that the selection was “not serious” and “contemptuous.
” Cobb recalled seeing Gaetz while he was working in the White House during the Russia investigation in 2017 and 2018. Don't let this be the end of the free press. The free press is under attack — and America's future hangs in the balance.
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Already contributed? Log in to hide these messages. “When he walked into the White House when I was in the White House, serious staffers threw up red flags,” Cobb said. “They looked the other way and hoped he wasn’t there to visit them.
” He also suggested that Gaetz’s nomination could hurt Trump’s push for recess appointments . See the full interview below: “Matt Gaetz is just simply unqualified..
.he has no business being in this conversation.” Former Trump WH lawyer Ty Cobb on why he thinks Trump picking Gaetz for AG is a “f**k you” to America pic.
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