Top Senate Democrat says Trump’s nominees show he will ‘weaponize the justice department to seek vengeance’ – live
Dick Durbin warned that Trump’s appointees to top DoJ posts signal he will direct prosecutors and law enforcement to retaliate against political opponents
Republicans are set to take control of the Senate next year, where one of their first jobs will be to confirm Donald Trump’s nominees for cabinet posts. Should they object to the president-elect’s picks, he has threatened to make use of recess appointments, an archaic tactic that would allow him to circumvent the chamber and its objectors. Here’s more on how that would work, from the Guardian’s Joan E Greve:
Several Republican senators expressed shock on Wednesday when Donald Trump announced he would nominate Matt Gaetz, the hard-right congressman known for instigating fights with members of his own party, as attorney general.
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