Matt Gaetz has been at the forefront of trying to rewrite the history of Trump’s subversion attempt — and the riot that followed.

Among Donald Trump's totally unexpected cabinet choices, none has been greeted with more shock and bafflement -- from Republicans as well as Democrats -- than the nomination of right-wing firebrand Matt Gaetz to head the Justice Department.

President-elect Donald Trump picks Todd Blanche, an attorney who defended him in his hush money criminal trial, as Justice Department deputy.

Trump has been nominating loyalists to serve in his Cabinet, and nowhere is that more obvious than in his pick for attorney general: Rep. Matt Gaetz.

Gaetz, a Florida lawmaker who has been under federal investigation, has been a staunch Trump ally on Capitol Hill.

Gaetz’s resignation effectively means he will escape a House Ethics Committee investigation into alleged sexual misconduct.

In picking Rep. Matt Gaetz as his nominee for attorney general, President-elect Donald Trump is looking to install a fierce loyalist.

U.S. President-elect Donald Trump picked his attorney Todd Blanche as deputy attorney general, Trump said on Thursday. Blanche, a former federal prosecutor, led Trump's defense in his trial about hush money paid to a porn star.

An attorney who has represented Donald Trump in several of the criminal cases against him has been selected by the president-elect to serve as the No. 2 lawyer at the Department of Justice.

President-elect Donald Trump has announced new administration picks, but there's one nomination that riled up Washington. CBS News New York's Dick Brennan reports.