Howard Kurtz: If the Ethics Report Was Released While Gaetz Was Running for A.G., It Would’ve Quickly Ended His Nomination

‘I have to point out federal prosecutors investigated this whole mess and and brought no charges against the Florida Republican’

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KURTZ: “Liberal pundits quickly piled on."

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PHANG: "The results that have come from this investigation, I emphasize the adjective that they’re salacious, but they’re criminal in nature."
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O'DONNELL: "Donald Trump made the most inappropriate choice of attorney general in history."
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JENNINGS: "I don’t make much of it because most of details or most of the stories that we heard we already knew. I mean, a lot of this stuff was already swirling in the public domain anyway."
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KURTZ: "Fox News mainly stuck to straight news reports, with a couple of exceptions."

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HEMINGWAY: "Department of Justice looked into this. They don’t like Matt Gaetz about as much as a lot of people on the Hill don’t like Matt Gaetz, and they found that the allegations were completely lacking in credibility."
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KURTZ: "I think it’s fair to say this. Had the unanimous Ethics report been released while Gaetz was still in the running for AG, it would is have quickly ended his nomination battle."