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Senate Democrats asked for the evidence gathered on Matt Gaetz by an FBI investigation into his alleged sex crimes.

Ten of the 11 Democrats on the Senate Judiciary Committee sent a letter Wednesday to FBI director Christopher Wray requesting the agency's complete file on the sex trafficking investigation involving Gaetz, who Donald Trump has nominated to lead the Justice Department, reported NOTUS.

President-elect Donald Trump has a pressing problem that voters expect him to fix and his solutions will only exacerbate, a new political analysis contends.

Trump's popularity faces imminent peril in the form of a mounting housing crisis that his promised mass deportations, tax cuts and tariff demands will only worsen, Washington Post economics columnist Heather Long argued Wednesday.

Sen. Susan Collins (R-ME) indicated she would not go along with Donald Trump's demand to bypass confirmation hearings for his Cabinet nominees.

The Maine Republican called Wednesday for "extensive committee investigations" for the president-elect's health administration appointees and echoed concerns by other lawmakers that Trump would skip several steps in the vetting process by making recess appointments, reported Axios.

Donald Trump's lawyers submitted a filing on Wednesday demanding that the guilty verdict in the New York "hush money" trial be vacated because it would eventually be dismissed anyway.

Law 360's Frank G. Runyeon posted the argument, which claims that as a president-elect, Trump enjoys the same benefits as a sitting president. It means he is "completely immune from any criminal process," the filing says.

Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-AL) revealed this week that Republican senators had developed a plan to confirm President-elect Donald Trump's nominations, including former Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL) as attorney general, before the new president is sworn in.

During a Wednesday interview on Real America's Voice, Tuberville vowed to overcome the objections of Democrats despite sexual misconduct allegations against Gaetz and Defense Secretary nominee Pete Hegseth.

Two of Donald Trump's personal lawyers who were rewarded with plum appointments in the Department of Justice may be sidelined from dealing with the ongoing hush money trial overseen by Judge Juan Merchan.

Speaking with host Ana Cabrera, MSNBC legal analyst Lisa Rubin explained the ethical bind attorneys Todd Blanche, nominated to be Deputy Attorney General and Emil Bove, slated for Principal Associate Deputy AG, will find themselves in as they are poised to assume their new roles.

"Let's not forget Trump has tapped two of his defense attorneys in the hush money case, Todd Blanche and Emil Bove, for senior roles in the Justice Department in his incoming administration. If this case does drag out, what impact could that have?" the MSNBC host asked.

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"I think it causes a conflict of interest for Todd Blanche and Emil Bove because, if for example Ana, they can continue to brief the issue about whether this case should exist into a future Trump presidency, if Todd Blanche and Emil Bove are then in the Department of Justice, the department itself will have an interest in getting involved in the case on behalf of the executive office of the president."

"There are interests for the office of the president that are different than the interests that Trump as an individual has," she added. "And Emil Bove and Todd Blanche having represented the president in his personal capacity will have that conflict and may have to even recuse themselves from the department's involvement in this case in the future."

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President-elect Donald Trump's decision to select a former Rose Bowl tight end embroiled in a masculine toilet scandal to represent the nation abroad was received with the all the decorum such an announcement could expect.

"UPDATE: Trump picks Matthew Whitaker for NATO ambassador," the news outlet Tennessee Holler told readers Wednesday. "You may remember him as the acting attorney general who was on the board of a company that boasted toilets for 'well-endowed men.'"

Andrew Cherkasky, an anti-woke former federal prosecutor, defended former Fox News host Pete Hegseth, President-elect Donald Trump's nominee for Defense secretary, by insisting that all department officials who support women in combat roles have to be fired.

During a Wednesday interview on Real America's Voice, War Room host Steve Bannon asked Cherkasky what he would advise Hegseth to do on day one of his tenure.

CNN host Jim Acosta got into it with Donald Trump ally David Urban Wednesday morning when they discussed the incoming president's nominees coming from the author's list of "Project 2025."

The Heritage Foundation document was written by former and current Trump allies with the intention of putting forth a platform that could be implemented if he were elected. As the document spread, it quickly drew public opposition.

President-elect Donald Trump, who has long criticized NATO as overly reliant on American money, on Wednesday nominated loyalist Matthew Whitaker to the crucial post of ambassador to the alliance.

"Matt is a strong warrior and loyal Patriot, who will ensure the United States' interests are advanced and defended," Trump said in a statement.

Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) signaled that he would confirm Donald Trump's controversial nominee Matt Gaetz as attorney general.

The Florida Republican has no prosecutorial or law enforcement experience and has been investigated by the Justice Department and House Ethics Committee for alleged teen sex trafficking, but Graham said he's open to confirming the combative former congressman as the top federal law enforcement officer.