- Four of President-elect Donald Trump’s Cabinet picks testified before Senate committees at their confirmation hearings today.
- Senate Finance Committee members pressed Scott Bessent, a hedge fund executive whom Trump selected for treasury secretary, on inflation, tax cuts and wages. Bessent, who was also a top fundraiser for Trump’s campaign, also defended the president-elect’s threats to impose massive tariffs on China and other countries.
- The Senate Judiciary Committee also heard from character witnesses testifying on behalf of Pam Bondi, Trump’s attorney general pick. Bondi herself testified yesterday and did not attend today’s hearing. The committee’s top Democrat, Sen. Dick Durbin, of Illinois, began today’s hearing by saying that he was “disappointed” to hear her echoing some of Trump’s false claims about the 2020 election.
- Read the rest of the story at NBC News
