Following Matt Gaetz’s Nomination for Attorney General, Some Christians Raise Concerns About Allegations That He Had Sex With and Trafficked a Teen Girl

Little more than a week after securing his re-election, President-elect Donald Trump has announced a slew of nominations for his new Cabinet, some of which are controversial. Among them is Matt Gaetz, a Florida congressman, whom Trump has nominated for attorney general. 

“It is my Great Honor to announce that Congressman Matt Gaetz, of Florida, is hereby nominated to be The Attorney General of the United States,” Trump said in a statement on Nov. 13. “Few issues in America are more important than ending the partisan Weaponization of our Justice System.”

“Matt will end Weaponized Government, protect our Borders, dismantle Criminal Organizations and restore Americans’ badly-shattered Faith and Confidence in the Justice Department,” the statement continued. “Matt will root out the systemic corruption at [the Department of Justice], and return the Department to its true mission of fighting Crime, and upholding our Democracy and Constitution.”

Gaetz is known for his unwavering support for Trump, and Gaetz self-identifies as a Baptist.

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“My father is a Lutheran, my mother is Methodist. While I’ve attended church with both throughout my life, I was saved in a Baptist Church during my teenage years,” he said in 2016. “I am a member of First Baptist Church in Fort Walton Beach. The Bible, the Gospel—these are our instructions from God. We are to follow faithfully.”

Nevertheless, some are citing their own Christian values in opposing Gaetz’s confirmation.

Among those sounding the alarm is Liberty Counsel, a Christian advocacy group that lobbies for religious freedom. 

In a statement released on Nov. 14, the group said that Gaetz is “neither morally nor professionally qualified to become the United States Attorney General. This is the highest law enforcement position in the country. America deserves much better.”

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“Morally, Gaetz has been under a cloud of sex and drug allegations,” the statement said. “On Wednesday, as soon as he was tapped by President-elect Donald Trump, Gaetz immediately resigned from Congress, thus ending the Ethics probe into his sex parties that includes allegations of paying an underage girl for sex.”