Update November 22, 2024:  Gaetz has withdrawn his name from consideration for the Attorney General appointment.

By Donald H. Harrison, San Diego Jewish World, a member of the San Diego Online News Association

November 17, 2024 (San Diego) - Several national Jewish organizations are opposing President-elect Donald J. Trump’s nomination of recently resigned Republican Rep. Matt Gaetz of Florida for U.S. attorney general. Leaders of the Anti-Defamation League, the American Jewish Committee, and the Jewish Council for Public Affairs all came out against Gaetz becoming the leader of the Justice Department which among its other duties prosecutes hate crimes.