Day 44: January 13, 2025

The New Yorker released a report showing the “unprecedented” ends to which the Trump administration is going to ensure that their controversial nominee for Defense Secretary, Pete Hegseth, gets confirmed. As the headline and opening sentences summarize, Hegseth supporters have “intimidated potential witnesses and suppressed the FBI background check.”

https://www.newyorker.com/news/the-lede/the-pressure-campaign-to-get-pete-hegseth-confirmed-as-defense-secretary