What we know about Matt Gaetz, Trump’s attorney general pick. And, the consequences of eliminating the Department of Education

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🎧 Gaetz was under review by the House Ethics Committee, but that probe ended last night when he resigned from the House, NPR’s Carrie Johnson tells Up First. The committee planned to release its findings as early as this week. Now, it’s unclear if that will happen. Trump says Gaetz will root out corruption within the Justice Department. He will also possibly carry out Trump’s retribution against prosecutors and his perceived enemies.

🎧 A new group called Governors Safeguarding Democracy broadly says they’re going to work with legal experts and advocates to tackle challenges facing democracy. NPR’s Ryland Barton says Trump was not mentioned on the group’s website or announcement. The group responded to an idea floated by Trump’s incoming deputy chief of staff Stephen Miller that National Guard units from red states could execute mass deportations in blue states. Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker called that plan unacceptable and said he wouldn’t cooperate. 

🎧 The match has been called high-risk, but French officials say they won’t back down in the face of antisemitic threats, NPR’s Eleanor Beardsley says. They deployed 4,000 officers, which is four times more than usual with double layers of security. Officials say fewer than 13,000 tickets have been sold for the location, which seats 80,000. Beardsley says French Jews have remarked that they feel like they’re being blamed for the war, especially the longer it goes on.