'The Hammer of Justice is Coming:' Elon Musk Defends Matt Gaetz

WASHINGTON – Elon Musknow a top aide to newly elected President Donald Trump, is aggressively defending Trump’s nomination former U.S. Rep. Matt Gaetz to become attorney general, suggesting that Gaetz will help investigate opponents of the new administration.

‘Gaetz will be great’ Musk said on Xin which he defends the resigned Florida congressman against criticism that he is an inexperienced lawyer under investigation for child sex trafficking.

Shortly after Trump announced the Gaetz nomination on Wednesday, Musk noted on X that both have accused the government of targeting them with politically motivated investigations, and suggested retaliation is imminent.

“The Hammer of Justice is coming,” Musk said.

Musk’s message on Thursday was addressed to former national security adviser John Bolton, a Trump critic who Gaetz described as one of the worst cabinet choices of all time.

“Gaetz is not only totally incompetent for this job, he doesn’t have the character,” Bolton told NBC News. “He is a person of moral turpitude, and despite how difficult it may be politically, this is a nomination that the Republican Party should oppose.”

In his X post defending Gaetz, Musk said Bolton is “a stunningly stupid warmonger, being against someone is a great sign!”

Musk, the billionaire businessman whom Trump has tapped to lead a new government efficiency program, is expected to play a major role in the new administration.

The Justice Department spent two years investigating Gaetz over allegations that he had an inappropriate relationship with a 17-year-old girl and may have violated federal sex trafficking laws. The DOJ took no action against Gaetz, who denied the allegations and said he was set up.

The House Ethics Committee also investigated Gaetz, but that investigation is up in the air given that the congressman resigned on Wednesday.

Gaetz has said the investigation into him is politically motivated, saying on social media that “we should have a full-fledged press against this armed government that has turned against our people. And if that means abolishing each of the three letter agencies, from the FBI to the ATF, I’m ready to get to work!”

In appointing Gaetz to head the Justice Department, Trump — who was indicted in four separate criminal cases in 2023 — said that “few issues in America are more important than ending the partisan weaponization of our justice system.”