RICK MANNING: Why Matt Gaetz Makes Sense As Attorney General

You could almost hear the audible gasp by establishment Washington, D.C. when they learned that Florida Republican Rep. Matt Gaetz was going to be appointed attorney general by President Donald Trump. Truthfully my first reaction was not positive either.

But sometimes first reactions are wrong.

Three years ago, when reports out of the D.C jail about mistreatment of Jan. 6 prisoners were all over conservative media, Gaetz was one of a few House Members, led by Rep. Louie Gohmert, who went to the jail and demanded to see the prisoners. Those members were turned away by prison officials, even though the D.C. jail was directly under their financial authority. But Gaetz has not forgotten.

Now, three years later, we still have the Department of Justice ruining the lives of grandmas and grandpas across the country who were let into the Capitol by the Capitol Police by prosecuting them for taking pictures in the Rotunda.

Gaetz will end this and hold accountable those who ran roughshod over any semblance of civil liberties running trumped up prosecutions, imprisoning people with felonies which the Supreme Court eventually declared to be an unconstitutional application of an unrelated statute.

If there is any justice, Gaetz will also settle the massive civil liability case that is bound to result, just as former Attorney General Jeff Sessions