Senate confirmation hearings usually focus on the people nominated to the government’s most powerful positions. This time around, they’ll focus on the man who nominated them.
The first batch of President-elect Donald Trump’s Cabinet nominees will start the confirmation process this week, with Attorney General nominee Jeff Sessions appearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee today and a whopping five other nominees — including Trump’s controversial picks for secretary of state and CIA director — heading to Capitol Hill on Wednesday.
The hearings are already departing from the norm because they’re taking place before government investigators have finished doing background checks …read more
Source: Vox
