Former Congressman Matt Gaetz, President-elect Donald Trump’s first nominee for attorney general. remove his name from considerationThe far-right pro-Trump One America News Network, Gaetz’s wife Ginger Gaetz, and the network’s website confirmed his show Tuesday morning.
After Gaetz left Congress, his next steps were unclear. withdrew Considered to be the next U.S. Attorney General House Ethics Committee Report Released Regarding past allegations of misconduct. CNN first reported that Gaetz would have his own show on OANN.
Gaetz’s wife said in a social media post that the show, called The Matt Gaetz Show, will launch in January.
OANN is considered friendly to Trump, and settled a defamation lawsuit with voting machine company Smartmatic after its coverage of the 2020 election. In the aftermath of the 2020 election, Trump repeated baseless claims of voter fraud pushed by the network, and OANN personality Chanel Lyonne amplified Baseless claim that there were voters in the 2020 presidential election.
The network was dropped by DirecTV in 2022, but is still available on Verzion FIOS and other distributors, and will be available on YouTube in 2020. stopped OANN’s account violates its COVID-19 misinformation policy.
The new show comes out in a few weeks Gaetz resigned from Congress. Immediately after President Trump announced his intention to nominate himself as Attorney General, question the launch The report comes from a years-long House Ethics Committee investigation into whether he engaged in sexual misconduct. House Republicans In the end, I voted to block it. The report was made public because Gaetz is no longer a member of Congress.
