Is Matt Gaetz ‘an accomplished attorney’? A closer look at his record as a lawyer
Trump’s pick for attorney general jumped into politics in his late 20s, and his legal résumé includes less than a decade of private practice.
Rep. Matt Gaetz, R-Fla., speaks during the Conservative Political Action Conference at the National Harbor in Oxon Hill, Md., on Feb. 23. [ ALEX BRANDON | AP ]
Louis Jacobson is the chief correspondent for PolitiFact and a staff writer for the Tampa Bay Times. He has served as deputy editor of Roll Call and as founding editor of its legislative wire service, CongressNow. Earlier, he spent more than a decade covering politics, policy and lobbying for National Journal magazine.
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