Scott Besent's hearing is one of several US senators have this week for Donald Trump's Cabinet nominations.
One of the loudest hearings was Pete HegsethTrump's pick for the Pentagon, was in the hot seat for a tense Senate committee hearing on Tuesday. Allegations of sexual assault and alcohol abuse were raised against the former Fox News host, but Hegseth dismissed the media's “coordinated smear campaign” against him during the four-hour hearing.
Pam Bondi, Trump's nominee for US attorney general, said “politics will not play a role” in her decisions on who to investigate, when questioned during her confirmation hearing on Wednesday. The longtime Trump supporter, who previously served two terms as Florida's attorney general, has made the promise in the past “Investigators will be investigated.” After the president-elect returns to the White House. Bondi will appear again for The second day From the interrogation today.
Both Republican Senators Marco Rubio, Trump's pick for secretary of state, and Sean Duffy, the president-elect's pick to head the Department of Transportation, held relatively quiet hearings on Wednesday.
