CAL THOMAS COMMENTARY NOVEMBER 15, 2025
IT ISN’T OFTEN THAT I FIND MERIT IN A WASHINGTON POST EDITORIAL, BUT IN ITS OPINION ABOUT THREE OF DONALD TRUMP’S NOMINEES, I – AND THE POST – HAVE SERIOUS RESERVATIONS.
REP. MATT GAETZ IS A FIREBRAND, WITH LITTLE LEGAL EXPERIENCE. TRUMP HAS NOMINATED GAETZ TO BE ATTORNEY GENERAL. WHILE THE PRESIDENT-ELECT IS RIGHT ABOUT CORRUPTION AND LAWFARE IN THE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT, GAETZ MAY NOT BE THE RIGHT MAN FOR THE JOB.
AS THE POST EDITORIAL NOTES: “IN ADDITION TO HIS LACK OF LEGAL EXPERIENCE, GAETZ IS UNDER INVESTIGATION BY THE HOUSE ETHICS COMMITTEE FOR ALLEGATIONS OF SEXUAL MISCONDUCT, ILLEGAL DRUG USE AND ACCEPTING IMPROPER GIFTS. FEDERAL PROSECUTORS INVESTIGATED HIM FOR SEX TRAFFICKING THAT REVOLVED AROUND ALLEGATIONS HE PAID FOR SEX AND HAS A SEXUAL RELATIONSHIP WITH A MINOR. THEY DECLINED TO FILE CHARGES BECAUSE THEY HAD CONCERNS ABOUT THE CREDIBILITY OF TWO WITNESSES. GAETZ HAS DENIED ALL WRONGDOING.”
NEW SENATE MAJORITY LEADER JOHN THUNE HAS PROMISED TO GET TRUMP’S NOMINEES CONFIRMED QUICKLY. HE AND ALL SENATORS SHOULD SPEND TIME WITH GAETZ AND THE TWO OTHER INEXPERIENCED NOMINEES. MORE NEEDS TO BE LEARNED ABOUT THEIR QUALIFICATIONS AND ABILITY TO DO THE JOBS TO WHICH THEY HAVE BEEN NOMINATED. I’M CAL THOMAS.
In 2016, the DOJ went after General Flynn to damage his reputation and cause President Elect Trump to drop Flynn’s appointment. the DOJ then lied multiple times to the FISA court in order to get permission to spy on President Trump’s staff. The DOJ then supported the fabricated Russian Hoax to slow down Trump’s ability to assume control of the Executive Branch. In 2020, the DOJ violated the 4th Amendment to the Constitution by conducting a predawn SWAT team raid on President Trump’s personal residence. The DOJ also violated the 1st Amendment to the Constitution by conducting a predawn SWAT team raid on a family with young children because the father had been praying outside an abortion clinic and a pro abortion person initiated a confrontation with the praying father and his son. The DOJ also violated the 1st Amendment to the Constitution by calling parents who were upset with school policy “domestic terrorists” and additionally put out a memorandum that stated that devout Catholics were “right wing extremists”. This extensive list only includes those violations of the Constitution that we are aware of. The DOJ is clearly corrupt and needs to be seriously reformed. In my 75 years of loving America, being a Veteran, and always believing the best about our government, I am ashamed to say that I now fear the DOJ more than I fear those that the DOJ charges with crimes. The DOJ should either be shut down or hundreds of DOJ lawyers should be fired and many should be prosecuted for denying Americans their right under our Constitution. It is time to stand up for freedom. While I would feel safer if the DOJ were closed up, I would be willing to give Matt Gaetz a chance to salvage what is salvageable from this clearly Unconstitutional department.