Trump turns to more loyalists and supporters for top administration posts

The 11th Hour with Stephanie Ruhle

MS NOW, Stephanie Ruhle

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🗓️ 20 November 2024

⏱️ 43 minutes

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President-Elect Trump picks WWE mogul Linda McMahon to be Secretary of Education and ex-TV host Dr. Oz to run Medicare & Medicaid. Also, Trump works the phones for Matt Gaetz, his choice for Attorney General. Meanwhile, a hacker has gained access to files with damaging testimony about Gaetz. Plus, the race to be Trump's Treasury secretary heats up. Phillip Rucker, Jeff Mason, Ankush Khardori, David Gura, Heather Long, Jon Allen, Stuart Stevens, Richard Reeves join The 11th Hour this Tuesday.

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0:00.0	Tonight, Trump adds a former TV wrestling mogul and a TV talk show host to his administration
0:06.7	picks, a look at the millions of Americans relying on the agencies they may lead.
0:12.5	Plus, the president-elect works the phones to drum up support for Matt Gates as the hacker
0:17.4	accesses sworn testimony relating to the former congressman.
0:21.4	And the job of Treasury Secretary still up for grabs.
0:24.9	Who's in play as the 11th hour gets underway on this Tuesday night?
0:32.5	Good evening. Once again, I'm Stephanie Ruhl.
0:35.1	And tonight, Donald Trump has picked a former wrestling executive as his secretary of education.
0:41.0	He announced that he wants Linda McMahon for the position. She has very limited experience in education, but she served as SBA administrator during Trump's first administration and is currently co-chair of his transition team.
0:52.3	And she's also, of course, a longtime friend and a major
0:55.6	donor. And remember, Trump has repeatedly promised the Department of Education to end it. Not sure
1:01.7	she wanted this job. He also picked another television personality for his next White House.
1:07.0	The president elect wants Dr. Mehmet Oz, you know Dr. Oz, to lead the centers for Medicare and Medicaid services.
1:14.4	Meanwhile, Trump is now working to build up support for his choice to lead the Justice Department.
1:19.9	My colleague Garrett Haake has all those details.
1:23.3	Tonight, President-elect Trump traveling to Texas to witness the launch of a SpaceX rocket,
1:27.9	the company run by his key ally billionaire Elon Musk, all while Trump tonight was asked if he's
1:33.1	reconsidering his choice for Attorney General, former Florida Congressman Matt Gates.
1:38.1	No.
1:39.3	It comes as an unidentified hacker was able to gain access to a file containing depositions of two women
1:44.9	who have made allegations against Gates, what is described as damaging testimony, according to a
1:49.9	source familiar and an email obtained by NBC News, though it's unclear if the hacked material
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