Trump's new AG pick after Matt Gaetz's withdrawal

The 11th Hour with Stephanie Ruhle

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🗓️ 22 November 2024

⏱️ 42 minutes

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Matt Gaetz withdrew his bid for U.S. Attorney General and Trump quickly replaced him with Former Florida AG Pam Bondi. Plus, Trump's pick for Defense secretary, Pete Hegseth, is facing new scrutiny after a police report lays out sex assault allegations against him. And Trump is said to be preparing a flurry of executive actions that he'll sign on day one in office. Joanna Coles, Vaughn Hillyard, David Jolly, Ron Insana, Dan Nathan, Reed Galen, Max Rose, and Robert Pittman join the 11th Hour this Thursday.

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0:00.0	Tonight, Trump's new pick to lead the Justice Department.
0:04.0	He taps former Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi after Matt Gates takes himself out of the running.
0:10.0	Then a police report details an alleged sexual assault by Trump's choice for Secretary of Defense.
0:17.0	And day one in the Trump White House, how he's planning to use his executive powers as the 11th hour gets underway on this Thursday night.
0:30.1	Good evening. Once again, I am Stephanie Ruhl. Happy to be back here in New York because we got a lot of news, major news, about who will fill two of the
0:38.9	most important position in Donald Trump's administration. Let's start with Trump's choice for
0:43.5	Attorney General earlier today. Big surprise, Matt Gates withdrew his own name from consideration.
0:49.6	Then just a few hours later, Donald Trump announced that he would pick longtime ally,
0:54.0	former Florida
0:54.7	Attorney General Pam Bondi, for the position instead.
0:58.1	Bondi served in that role for eight years, then was one of Trump's defense attorneys in his
1:02.4	first impeachment trial.
1:03.9	She also supported Trump's false claims of election fraud back in 2020.
1:08.0	My colleague Gabe Gutierrez starts us off with all those details.
1:11.9	Two Trump transition sources with direct knowledge of Gates' decision tell NBC News that he
1:16.3	notified the President-elect earlier today and that it was Gates' call. Another source close to Trump
1:21.7	says that Gates's withdrawal was welcomed by the transition team, adding that the House
1:26.2	Ethics report started to leak out,
1:28.3	and there was no way for Matt to make it.
1:30.6	Today, President-elect Trump posting, I greatly appreciate the recent efforts of Matt Gates
1:35.1	in seeking approval to be Attorney General.
1:37.3	He was doing very well, but at the same time did not want to be a distraction for the administration,
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