CNN’s Jake Tapper Left Utterly Aghast at Matt Gaetz Nomination: This Is What ‘Trump Without the Guardrails Looks Like’

CNN’s Jake Tapper was left utterly aghast by President-elect Donald Trump’s nomination of Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL) to be his attorney general on Wednesday.

“Welcome to The Lead, I’m Jake Tapper. And let me begin the show by uttering some words that I never contemplated using together before. And those words are: U.S. Attorney General Matt Gaetz,” began Tapper to kick off his show on Wednesday. “Because if you were wondering what Trump without the guardrails looks like, well, we’re getting an idea beyond the theoretical. We are starting with breaking news on so many fronts related to President-elect Donald Trump’s transition.”

“The president-elect, of course, Trump announced just minutes ago on True Social that he is picking Republican congressman Matt Gaetz of Florida to be the next U.S. attorney general. Gaetz is currently facing a House Ethics Committee investigation over whether he may have — and I should note, before I even outline the charges, Gaetz denies at all — but the House Ethics Committee in a statement earlier this year said they’re looking into whether he may have, quote, ‘engaged in sexual misconduct and illicit drug use, accepted improper gifts, dispensed special privileges and favors to individuals with whom he had a personal relationship and sought to obstruct government investigations of his conduct,’ unquote. Again, Gaetz denies at all.”

In a statement released a little before 3:00 p.m. eastern on Wednesday, Trump said Gaetz would  “end Weaponized Government, protect our Borders, dismantle Criminal Organizations and restore Americans’ badly-shattered Faith and Confidence in the Justice Department,” as well as “root out the systemic corruption at DOJ, and return the Department to its true mission of fighting Crime, and upholding our Democracy and Constitution.”

“We must have Honesty, Integrity, and Transparency at DOJ. Under Matt’s leadership, all Americans will be proud of the Department of Justice once again,” concluded Trump.

Watch above via CNN.