In picking Rep. Matt Gaetz as his nominee for attorney general, President-elect Donald Trump looks to install a fierce loyalist who has been seen as divisive even within his own party.

Alex Wagner talks with Michael Schmidt, investigative reporter for the New York Times, about reactions in Washington, D.C., to the idea that Donald Trump wants to nominate Rep. Matt Gaetz to be the next attorney general,

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.

Republican senators reacted with shock and incredulity to the news that Donald Trump wants Matt Gaetz to be attorney general.

The Florida congressman would be the first U.S. attorney general in four decades who never worked as a government attorney or judge.

Matt Gaetz for attorney general, with two GOP senators openly voicing concerns and some of the president-elect’s loyal allies panning the pick. “I think he has a zero percent shot of getting through the Senate,