GOP Senator Claims Americans Don't Care About This Typical Step For Cabinet Picks
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Donald Trump's cabinet picks have reportedly not gone through a process that usually takes place before Senate confirmation hearings.
Sen. Bill Hagerty (R-Tenn.) on Sunday said he doesn’t think Americans “care who does the background checks” on Donald Trump’s cabinet picks — a standard practice for nominees to undergo before Senate confirmation hearings.
“What the American public cares about is to see the mandate that they voted in delivered upon,” said Hagerty in an interview with Jonathan Karl, host of ABC News’ “This Week.”
Trump’s transition team has so far broken from the typical procedure for cabinet picks and hasn’t agreed to necessary documents that would pave the way for FBI background checks, ABC News reported Sunday.
The news comes as several of Trump’s controversial cabinet picks have either faced questions over their backgrounds or been accused of sexual misconduct including former Rep. Matt Gaetz, who asked for his name to be withdrawn from consideration to be the president-elect’s attorney general on Thursday.
Former Fox News host Pete Hegseth, Trump’s pick to be defense secretary, has also faced allegations of sexual assault dating back to 2017.
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