After withdrawing as attorney general nominee, Matt Gaetz lands a talk show on OANN television
Former congressman Matt Gaetz, who withdrew last month as President-elect Trump's nominee to be U.S. attorney general, has landed a job with the One America News Network
NEW YORK (AP) — Following the short-circuited effort to become President-elect Donald Trump's attorney general, Matt Gaetz is joining the conservative One America News Network to host a weeknight political talk show.
The network said Tuesday that Gaetz's new one-hour show will air at 9 p.m. Eastern, starting in January. He will also co-host a weekly video podcast with OANN's Dan Ball.
The former Florida congressman was chosen to be Trump's new attorney general but withdrew his name from consideration when scrutiny over sex-trafficking allegations made his chances to be confirmed by the Senate questionable.
But with a burgeoning conservative media ecosystem, there's often a space for a figure who receives criticism from the mainstream media. His hiring is a big step for OANN, which has limited television distribution and generally lives in the shadow of Fox News Channel and Newsmax in the competition for conservative viewers.
