Tonight on the readout.

She texted me late last night, regardless of how many times he tries to distract from the truth, the public deserves to know what we all experienced was real and actually happened.

Through their lawyer, two women say they told the House Ethics Committee that Attorney General nominee Matt Gates paid them for sex and that one of them saw Gates having sex with a woman who was then just 17.

Will that ethics report ever see the light of day? Also tonight, Trump's Retribution Tour, targeting America's military officers, broadcasters, and

many others who he perceives as the enemy.

Plus, the Great Migration.

TwitterX users are making the move to Blue Sky, and one of the biggest upheavals in social media history.

Good evening. I'm Jason Johnson in for Joy Reid. It has been just 13 days since the election.

Donald Trump has already set a modern record for announcing his picks to serve in his incoming administration.

But as he may be learning, there is a reason that presidents elect take their time to research and

actually vet each pick, because just as quickly as he can make the announcements, the cabinet

controversies are piling up and calling into question some of his choices to fill the most

high profile and

sensitive jobs running our country.

The weekend, we learned that Trump's pick for Defense Secretary, Pete Heggis, who we've already

told you would be the least experienced person to hold that role in our nation's history,

paid a woman an undisclosed amount of money after she accused him

of sexual assault according to Hegss' own lawyer. His lawyer says, Hegsetth maintains his

innocence and that the 2017 encounter was consensual. But that isn't even the biggest problem

facing one of Trump's cabinet picks. Remember, it's only been 13 days. That honor goes to

Trump's pick for Attorney General, former Congressman Matt Gates, who had been under investigation

by the House Ethics Committee for roughly three years over allegations of sexual misconduct,

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