Mollie Hemingway: ‘We Have a Department of Injustice and That’s Why You Get Matt Gaetz as a Nominee’

RUSH TRANSCRIPT:
BAIER: “You are referring to the situation with the report house ethics committee. Johnson puts the kibosh on the Gaetz report. Politico. Trump announced his AG intentions, and Gaetz promptly resigned his seat which in the normal course of affairs, would end the ethics probe. But keep this in mind: The report exists, senators examining the nomination want to see it and it will remain a proverbial sword dangling over Gaetz’s head so long as he is up for confirmation or serving as the nation’s top law enforcement officer. Here is the back and forth on that.”
[Clip starts]
Johnson: “We should stick to the tradition. Not release the report on a former member of the house because it would open a dangerous pandora’s box.”
Ivey: “There is precedent for that I can’t get into what is going on now. The fact that someone has left the Congress does not mean that the report can’t be released. You got the Senate seeking the information so that they can meet their constitutional obligations.”
[Clip ends]
BAIER: “Mollie, let me just go back to you. I saw you shaking your head about this particular nomination and where it stands with that report.”
HEMINGWAY: “Right, Matt Gaetz was nominated for this position because we have a problem with the Department of Justice. For the last 8 years, they have run roughshod over the rule of law in this country. They have prosecuted political opponents. They ran the Russia collusion hoax. And too many people in Washington, D.C. did not stand up against what was happening there. And many Americans are upset about it. Matt Gaetz is one of the most effective people at fighting that Russia collusion hoax and other information operations. Whether it was the Brett Kavanaugh information operation, the Donald Trump Russia collusion hoax operation, or the one that’s referenced here which is something that the FBI and Department of Justice, which hate Matt Gaetz looked into and cleared him of any wrongdoing, the idea that this is about — the issue is corruption. It’s the Department of Justice’s corruption and people are sick and tired of people in Washington, D.C. doing nothing as these people try to destroy the country and getting upset at someone who actually might root out the corruption there. We don’t have a Department of Justice, we have a Department of Injustice and that’s why you get Matt Gaetz as a nominee.”