GOP senator argues it ‘doesn’t matter’ who conducts background checks for Trump Cabinet picks
As Democrats want more thorough screening of executive branch nominees, Republican Sen. Bill Hagerty implied on Sunday that Americans don't care about standard FBI background checks for President-elect Donald Trump's Cabinet choices.
When asked on Sunday about the FBI's involvement in a background check on former Fox News anchor Pete Hegseth, Hagerty, R-Tenn., responded that Americans don't care who does background checks for presidential nominees.
In response to a question concerning the FBI's custom of running background investigations on presidential cabinet candidates, Hagerty told host Jon Karl that Americans value Trump's ability to carry out the mandate that the American people voted for more than an FBI background check.
The American public doesn't seem to care who conducts backgro...