“It’s a TV Cabinet. Maybe he’s doing it because he wants to make sure they look good on screen,” co-host Whoopi Goldberg suggested. 

However, after that statement, Goldberg abruptly cut to co-host Sunny Hostin and stated she had a legal note to read. It involved the Department of Justice’s investigation into and a legal clarification of former Rep. Matt Gaetz.

“I do have a legal note. Thank you, Whoopi,” Hostin said with an unpleasant look on her face before reading the statement.

“Matt Gaetz has long denied all allegations, calling the claims, quote, ‘invented,’ and saying in a statement to ABC News that ‘this false smear following a three-year criminal investigation should be viewed with great skepticism,’” Hostin said. “The DOJ investigation was closed with no charges being brought.”

The show then went to a commercial break.

Hostin’s legal note comes as The View hosts have regularly made critical remarks about Trump’s Cabinet choices, especially Gaetz, whom the president-elect nominated for attorney general. Meanwhile, Gaetz is embroiled in controversy surrounding serious allegations he had an inappropriate relationship with an underage woman. 

This relationship has been referenced by The View hosts since Gaetz was announced as the nominee. The show mentioned it again on Tuesday during its discussion about Trump’s Cabinet picks before Hostin read her legal note. 

Regarding Trump’s choice of Gaetz, the president-elect gave an endorsement of Gaetz on his Truth Social account after announcing him as his choice for attorney general.

“Few issues in America are more important than ending the partisan Weaponization of our Justice System,” Trump posted. “Matt will end Weaponized Government, protect our Borders, dismantle Criminal Organizations and restore Americans’ badly-shattered Faith and Confidence in the Justice Department.”