On Thursday, MSNBC host Mika Brzezinski pulled back the curtain on Donald Trump’s shocking decision to nominate Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL) as his attorney general, exposing the dangerous ties between Trump, Gaetz, and a discredited conspiracy theory campaign targeting Joe Scarborough.
The segment began with Brzezinski and Joe Scarborough reminding viewers of their commitment to fairness in reporting. However, they quickly shifted to a more personal matter, revealing how Gaetz’s involvement in conspiracy theories about Scarborough has now resurfaced as part of Trump’s broader political strategy.
Brzezinski opened with a stark reminder of Gaetz’s ongoing legal troubles: According to the Washington Post, Gaetz has been under investigation of the bipartisan committee for allegations that he may have engaged in sexual misconduct, illegal drug use, and accepted improper gifts.”
“And now more on the character of Matt Gaetz and how it connects to this show,” she continued. “Donald Trump began tweeting about widely discredited conspiracy theories about Joe after receiving documents given to Trump by Congressman Gaetz.”
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Donald Trump’s fixation on discredited conspiracy theories about Joe Scarborough reportedly began after Gaetz handed him documents containing these baseless allegations, Brzezinski said, citing a 2022 deposition from former White House communications director Alyssa Farah Griffin.
Farah Griffin revealed in her testimony before the House Select Committee investigating January 6th that she saw Gaetz carrying a folder filled with conspiracy theories about Scarborough during a meeting at the White House. “When she asked Gaetz what was in the folder, he reportedly pulled out documents filled with lies about Joe,” Brzezinski explained. “Farah Griffin warned him not to present the material to the president, but the next day, Trump began tweeting about those debunked conspiracy theories.”
Brzezinski didn’t mince words, pointing to the long-term damage Trump’s promotion of these falsehoods caused: “Those posts caused so much pain and emotional trauma for the widower of an aide who worked for Joe, that the widower himself wrote an open letter to Jack Dorsey, the then CEO of Twitter pleading with him to remove the posts from social media, from the platform, writing, quote, ‘My wife deserves better.'”
Despite the request, Twitter refused to take down the tweets, claiming they didn’t violate its terms of service at the time. Brzezinski added, “Of course, Twitter changed its terms of service the very next day.”
Scarborough, visibly frustrated by the entire situation, interjected, “They certainly did… funny how that works.”
Watch the segment below:
