A source told Fox News Digital VP-elect JD Vance will schedule meetings with key GOP senators and Trump Cabinet nominees Matt Gaetz and Pete Hegseth on Capitol Hill.
Vice President-elect JD Vance will be making the rounds on Capitol Hill this week, arranging meetings between key GOP senators and Trump cabinet picks Matt Gaetz and Pete Hegseth, a source told Fox News Digital.
President-elect Trump announced Gaetz as his pick for attorney general Wednesday, an unexpected selection that took many, including fellow House Republicans, by surprise. Gaetz almost immediately resigned from Congress after Trump tapped him for the job. If confirmed, Gaetz will head the Justice Department after Trump is sworn in for his second term in January.
Gaetz, a longtime Trump ally, had been under investigation by the House Ethics Committee, which subpoenaed him as recently as September for an ongoing investigation into alleged sexual misconduct with a minor. Gaetz in response told the panel he would 'no longer voluntarily participate' in its probe. It is unlikely the investigation itself would block Gaetz's path to confirmation in the Republican-led Senate, though it could make it more difficult.
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