CLEVELAND, Ohio - Local former federal prosecutors, including some appointed by Republicans, were openly stunned this week by President-elect Donald Trump’s nomination of U.S. Rep. Matt Gaetz for Attorney General.

President-elect Donald Trump has tapped four Florida Republicans to high-level roles in his administration. None of them have gotten as much national attention as his decision to select now-former Panhandle Republican Congressman Matt Gaetz to be the U.

Subscribe to the Wake Up, cleveland.com’s free morning newsletter, delivered to your inbox weekdays at 5:30 a.m. President-elect Donald Trump’s nomination of U.S. Rep. Matt Gaetz as the nation’s next Attorney General has sent shockwaves through the legal community,

Trump announced Republican Rep. Matt Gaetz as his pick for attorney general on Nov. 13. Here’s how the move affects Washington state.

As local Republicans show their support for Trump's pick for attorney general, Destin Mayor Bobby Wagner expressed his interest in the vacant House seat.

The choices continued a pattern of Trump stocking his Cabinet with those he believes he can trust to execute his agenda rather than longtime officials with experience in their fields.

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

Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.) is president-elect Trump's controversial pick for attorney general. Here's why – and why Trump picked him anyways.

That’s what many in Washington are telling themselves after President-elect Donald Trump’s shocking announcement that he would nominate Matt Gaetz to be attorney general. One House Republican, after hearing about the pick,

Matt Gaetz, recently selected for attorney general, has been embroiled with controversy concerning the alleged sexual trafficking of a 17-year-old girl.