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A conservative commentator questioned the constitutionality of Donald Trump's demand to the Senate's Republican majority to give up their role in approving his nominees for top government positions.

The president-elect is pushing newly elected GOP majority leader John Thune (R-SD) to abdicate the confirmation process outlined in the U.S. Constitution as a legislative check on his executive power by allowing recess appointments, and CNN's Scott Jennings said that might be the only way Matt Gaetz could become attorney general.

A conservative commentator expressed doubts that Donald Trump could get MAGA loyalist Matt Gaetz confirmed as attorney general, and a legal analyst asked why the president-elect had chosen the "woefully unqualified" former congressman in the first place.

Trump tapped the Florida Republican, who immediately gave up his congressional seat as the House Ethics Committee prepared to release a report on his conduct with teenage girls, and CNN's Scott Jennings said the choice showed the newly elected president was feeling confident.

London Mayor Sadiq Khan has accused Donald Trump of repeatedly criticising him because of his "ethnicity" and Muslim faith, in comments likely to renew his long-running feud with the US president-elect.

The pair became embroiled in an extraordinary war of words during Trump's first presidency, initially sparked by Khan speaking out against a US travel ban on people from certain Muslim countries.

Bragging about his total fealty to Donald Trump, U.S. Rep. Troy Nehls (R-TX) made clear he and and the House Republican Conference are in complete lockstep with the President-elect and will do anything to support their leader.

"There's no question, he's the leader of our party," Congressman Nehls told reporters after the President-elect visited with House Republicans Wednesday before heading to the White House for a photo-op with President Joe Biden.

Donald Trump’s widely criticized selection of Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL) as the country’s next attorney general didn’t come as a shock to conservative lawyer George Conway, who sarcastically praised the pick — but not for the appointee’s legal prowess or breadth of experience.

“Everybody is shocked, surprised — there's nothing surprising about this,” Conway, a staunch Trump critic and Lincoln Project co-founder said Wednesday night during an appearance on CNN’s “The Source” with Kaitlan Collins. “Matt Gaetz, in a lot of ways, is the perfect attorney general for Donald Trump.”

Another close ally of Donald Trump threatened fellow Republicans on Wednesday who are waffling — or outright rejecting — the president-elect's pick for attorney general.

After Republicans including Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-AL) fired warning shots at Republicans thinking of breaking rank on confirming Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL) as the nation's next top prosecutor, another MAGA ally joined the effort.

Whether Special Counsel Jack Smith’s final reports outlining his investigation and indictments of Donald Trump become public is coming down to the wire, according to a legal expert, who said that two key categories of information are worth following as the country – and those the former president has promised vengeance on – await his return to the Oval Office.

The criminal cases still pending in Washington D.C. involving Trump include his efforts to overthrow the 2020 election, including his instigating the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol, and the classified documents probe, which, according to law professor Kim Wehle, “was already dismissed by the judge in a ridiculous ruling.”

A key legal adviser to President-elect Donald Trump is reportedly in the running to become his next deputy attorney general.

CNN anchor Kaitlan Collins reported Wednesday night on her show, "The Source" that Trump is "seriously considering" naming his lead attorney Todd Blanche to serve as the next deputy attorney general.

The Wall Street Journal editorial board is known for being very conservative and complimentary of the GOP — but they had no enthusiasm for Donald Trump's choice of Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL) to serve as attorney general.

Gaetz, who has already resigned from Congress ahead of a confirmation battle, has broadly alienated the rest of the GOP caucus and has faced both an FBI investigation and a House Ethics Committee probe over a child sex trafficking case, as well as allegations of drug use, campaign finance violations, retaliation, and other misdeeds.

As Republicans celebrate their wins across all three branches of government, The Atlantic's Russell Berman lays out why a good chuck of Donald Trump's proposed legislation will have a difficult time passing through Congress — even despite the party's "218th House-race victory."

In a Wednesday article, Berman notes, "How many more seats the Republicans will win depends on the outcome of a few contests, in California and elsewhere, where ballots are still being counted. But the GOP’s final margin is likely to be similar to the four-seat advantage it held for most of the past two years, when internal division and leadership battles prevented the party from accomplishing much of anything."

Washington insiders continued to be stunned Wednesday evening by President-elect Donald Trump’s unusual pick for attorney general of Matt Gaetz, who a former congressional colleague described as “a gonzo agent of chaos” who is disliked even by those in his own party.

“There’s a lot of attributes the attorney general needs – equanimity, care, prudence, a deep respect for the rule of law. Matt Gaetz is the opposite of all of those things,” Rep. Jim Himes (D-CT) told CNN’s Wolf Blitzer during an appearance on his show, “The Situation Room.” The comments came after Himes, a top Democrat on the Intelligence Committee, told the host he agreed with Democratic Sen. Chris Murphy’s description of Gaetz’s selection to lead the Justice Department as “a red alert moment.”