Make Matt Gaetz Plead The Fifth At His Confirmation Hearing – Above the Law

Donald
Trump
has
announced
that
he’s
going
to
nominate
Matt
Gaetz
to
serve
as
the
attorney
general
of
the
United
States.

I
don’t
know
whether
Trump
is
doing
this
to
own
the
libs
or
to
confirm
that
he’s
a
moron.
Either
way,
the
Democrats’
strategy
in
response
to
this
nomination
is
obvious:
Make
Matt
Gaetz
repeatedly
plead
the
Fifth
Amendment
right
not
to
incriminate
himself
during
the
confirmation
hearing.

Questions
on
these
topics
are
undeniably
relevant:
Surely
a
person
who
has
committed
criminal
misconduct
should
not
be
confirmed
as
attorney
general.

And,
for
Gaetz,
the
questions
are
unanswerable:
Gaetz
could
not
answer
without
putting
himself
at
risk
in
a
possible
later
criminal
case.

This
examination
would
go
viral
in
a
heartbeat:

“Mr.
Gaetz,
have
you
ever
engaged
in
sexual
misconduct?”

“On
the
advice
of
counsel,
I
invoke
my
right
under
the
Fifth
Amendment
of
the
United
States
Constitution
not
to
incriminate
myself.”

Don’t
go
light
on
this
stuff.
Explore
it
in
detail.
Learn
precisely
what
sexual
misconduct
is
being
investigated,
and
ask
about
a
dozen
questions
on
that
topic.

Once
the
questioner
was
done
with
sexual
misconduct,
the
questioner
should
ask
a
similar
series
of
questions
about
whether
Gaetz
has
used
illicit
drugs.
And
accepted
improper
gifts.
And
obstructed
investigations
into
his
conduct.

Those
questions
would
surely
fill
the
five
minutes
or
so
for
questioning
that
is
typically
allotted
to
members
of
Congress
in
confirmation
hearings.

The
five
minutes
of
questions
and
answers
would
both
make
the
nightly
news
and
explode
across
the
internet.
The
questions
would
(properly)
cause
Gaetz
not
to
be
confirmed,
and
they
would
embarrass
Trump
for
even
having
considered
this
preposterous
idea.