Trump planning to fire DoJ lawyers who investigated him, names pick for key post of treasury secretary: Live
President-elect pledges to fire attorneys who worked alongside Special Counsel Jack Smith as he names hedge fund manager Scott Bessent to head treasury
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Your support makes all the difference.Donald Trump is set to fire the attorneys who worked alongside Special Counsel Jack Smith on two federal investigations into the president-elect and use the Department of Justice to probe the 2020 election, according to The Washington Post.
The attorneys who may become caught up in the firings include career professionals who are usually protected from such revenge efforts.
Trump is set to put together teams of investigators to look for evidence that there was fraud in battleground states in the 2020 election, according to The Post. There’s no evidence that fraud affected the outcome of the 2020 election.
Meanwhile, Trump announced that his pick for the job of treasury secretary is hedge fund manager Scott Bessent.
Trump called Bessent “one of the World’s foremost International Investors and Geopolitical and Economic Strategists.”
In a flurry of announcements on Friday night, Trump revealed his picks to lead the Office of Management and Budget, the Department of Housing and Urban Development, the FDA, the CDC, the Office of the Surgeon General, and the Department of Labor.
Trump’s campaign team celebrated his hush money trial sentencing being indefinitely postponed by Justice Juan Merchan on Friday, calling it “a decisive win” in a “Witch Hunt” case.
Breaking: Judge indefinitely postpones Trump’s hush money sentencing
The president-elect’s sentencing date, which was scheduled for next week (Tuesday November 26) is now officially off the calendar.
In a filing on Friday, Judge Juan Merchan has agreed to adjourn the sentencing while setting deadlines on Trump’s new motion to dismiss the verdict in his hush money trial for December 2.
Manhattan prosecutors will have until December 9 to reply.
This was all in the cards after Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg’s office agreed to pause sentencing so they can address the defense’s incoming argument for throwing the case out.
Republican says Alejandro Mayorkas should be charged over border to ‘make an example’ of him
Texas GOP Representative Beth Van Duyne appeared on Fox Business this morning and told Maria Bartiromo that Joe Biden’s homeland security secretary should face criminal charges for failing to rein in illegal border crossings.
Her party has already tried and failed to impeach Mayorkas so is now threatening something that sounds an awful lot like “lawfare” to me.
Trump adviser says Mike Rogers will not be FBI director: ‘Not happening’
Rogers was previously an outspoken critic of the president-elect before embracing him when he ran for the Senate in Michigan, only to lose.
His hopes of leading the FBI have just been shot down by one of the long-serving members of Trump’s inner circle.
Bill O’Reilly claims Trump’s cabinet will have zero policy input: ‘Say “yes, sir" or they’re not going to be OK’
The 75-year-old former Fox News host appeared on NewsNation on Wednesday night, saying that Trump is likely to concentrate power at the White House and simply have his department leaders follow his directives.
The commentator compared Trump’s incoming administration to that of Franklin D Roosevelt, saying that the president-elect will put in place a structure where cabinet members will simply follow his lead.
Gustaf Kilander has more.
Bill O’Reilly claims Trump’s cabinet will have zero policy input: ‘Say ‘yes, sir’’
‘The second time around is going to be totally different than the first time, and this is why there is so much chaos and confusion,’ said former Fox News host
Watch: Nancy Mace tears down trans bathroom posters and throws them in trash in response to bill protest
Bill Clinton says Trump has ‘done everything he could’ to undermine faith in government
The 42nd president was speaking to MSNBC last night and issued a stinging criticism of the president-elect and his preoccupation with loyalty at any cost to the individual.
Seth Meyers skewers Matt Gaetz’s failed eight-day run for attorney general
The late-night host naturally had plenty of fun with Gaetz’s implosion yesterday.
Rhian Lubin has this on what Meyers had to say.
Seth Meyers skewers Matt Gaetz’s failed 8-day run for attorney general
The comedian roasted Gaetz, who dropped out of the process amid resurfaced sexual misconduct claims
Gaetz teases ‘different post’ amid speculation he could replace Rubio in the Senate
As we saw a little earlier, the near-miss AG was hinting yesterday he might be back in some other capacity.
Rhian Lubin has more.
Matt Gaetz teases ‘different post’ amid speculation he could take Rubio’s Senate seat
Gaetz, who withdrew his name from consideration as Donald Trump’s attorney general, posted a cryptic message suggesting he isn’t quite done yet with politics
Trump’s AG pick Pam Bondi rescued a dog from Hurricane Katrina. Its owners then sued her for ‘stealing’ it
Here’s a shaggy dog story about the former Florida attorney general, an adopted St Bernard and a bitter canine custody battle.
Trump’s attorney general pick was once caught up in a bizarre dog custody battle
President-elect’s latest nominee was once embroiled in a bizarre canine custody battle
Morning Joe hosts agreed to Trump meeting over fears of intern probe
Joe Scarborough and Mika Brzezinski, the hosts of MSNBC’s flagship morning show, allegedly met with the president-elect a week ago over fears that then-attorney general nominee Matt Gaetz would investigate the death of an intern in Scarborough’s office during his time as a Florida Republican congressman, according to a Puck News report.
Gustaf Kilander has more on this one.
Morning Joe hosts agreed to Trump meeting over fears of intern death probe: report
Mika Brzezinski and Joe Scarborough suffered a ratings nosedive after going on Mar-a-Lago pilgrimage
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