November 20, 2024: All eyes on the House Ethics Committee

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🗓️ 20 November 2024

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Today, the House Ethics Committee will meet to discuss is the findings of its investigation into Attorney General nominee Matt Gaetz. Because the committee has an equal number of Republican and Democratic members, only one Republican would need to vote with Democrats to release the report. So how will this play out? Congress reporter Daniella Diaz and Playbook co-author Eugene Daniels walk through the possibilities. Plus, with the additions of Mehmet Oz to lead the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services and Linda McMahon to be Education secretary, President-elect Donald Trump reinforces his affinity for reality tv politicians. That, and the rest of the news you need to know today. Correction: An earlier version of this episode stated that DHS Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas and FBI Director Christopher Wray would testify before the Homeland Security Committee at 10 a.m.

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0:00.0	Presented by BP.
0:06.0	Good morning, everyone. It's playbook co-author Eugene Daniels. It is Wednesday, November 20th.
0:11.9	Here is what's driving the day. For about a decade, pretty much anyone who pays attention to politics has noted that President-elect Donald Trump tends to approach major appointments as if casting for a TV show.
0:25.8	And nothing that has happened since the election has done anything to change that perception.
0:31.5	His nominee for DoD, Pete Hexsaf, a Fox News personality.
0:35.8	His nominee for Department of Transportation, Sean Duffy, a former
0:39.6	real-world cast members for the 90s babies, also a former member of Congress, to be fair,
0:45.9	and now his choice to lead the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, Dr. Mamet Oz,
0:51.5	the cardiothoracic surgeon, turned a TV personality.
0:55.4	During the COVID-19 pandemic, Oz pushed unproven and false theories about cures, some that caught Trump's eye.
1:03.1	In 2022, he ran unsuccessfully for U.S. Senate in Pennsylvania, losing to now Senator John Federman.
1:10.6	Now, he's poised to when Trump's words,
1:13.0	quote, take on the illness industrial complex and all the horrible chronic diseases.
1:19.2	As CMS administrator, Oswood oversee a broad agency that provides coverage through Medicare,
1:24.5	Medicaid, and other programs to more than 160 million people.
1:29.9	Another TV-adjacent pick came last night when Trump announced he would nominate Linda McMahon
1:36.1	to serve as education secretary. McMan most recently served as transition culture and led the
1:42.8	small business administration during Trump's first term.
1:46.0	But without a doubt, McMahon is best known for her prominent role in the world of professional wrestling.
1:52.0	She and her husband Vince McMahon founded the company that is known today as the W.W.E.
1:58.0	The largest professional wrestling promotion in the world.
2:01.7	But even with all that, the biggest story in Washington centers around Trump's nominee for Attorney General Matt Gates.
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