In one his first jobs as VP-elect, Vance is seeking to rally support for Trump’s controversial nominee for attorney-general.
: Donald Trump has sent Vice President-elect J.D. Vance to lobby senators to confirm his embattled cabinet picks amid growing concern over allegations of sexual misconduct engulfing some of them.
Vice President-elect JD Vance, right, and Senator John Kennedy, left, walk out of a meeting with Attorney General nominee former Representative Matt Gaetz at the Capitol.“Donald J. Trump just won a major electoral victory,” Vance wrote on X ahead of the meetings. “The grave public allegations against Mr Gaetz speak directly to his fitness to serve as the chief law enforcement officer for the federal government,” said the letter to FBI director Christopher Wray.“In order for the Senate to perform its constitutional duty in this instance, we must be able to thoroughly review all relevant materials that speak to the credibility of these serious allegations against Mr Gaetz.
Hegseth was never charged, but the revelations about the alleged assault were said to have taken Trump’s team by surprise.Trump continued to round out his cabinet on Wednesday, picking former acting attorney-general Matt Whittaker as the US ambassador to NATO, the global alliance that the president-elect has repeatedly expressed scepticism about.
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