It's Friday, November the 15th, 2024.

Welcome to the Daily Article podcast.

I'm Chris Elkins with the Denison Forum, narrating today's daily article written by Dr. Ryan Denison.

With the election finished and the Republicans in control of both the presidency and Congress,

much of the national attention has shifted to what the government will look like going forward.

To that end, President-elect Donald Trump's picks to fill out his administration

have led to news in recent days.

Most of his early picks garnered praise, or at least acceptance,

by the bulk of his fellow Republicans.

However, more recent selections like Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as the U.S. Health and Human Services

Leader, Tulsi Gabbard, for the Director of National Intelligence, and Pete Hegsith for

Secretary of Defense, have been a bit more controversial. Yet each of their paths to office

looks simple when compared

with Matt Gets, Trump's choice for Attorney General. Shortly after the news broke that Gets would be

Trump's pick for Attorney General, he resigned from the House, where he had served as representative

for Florida's first congressional district since 2017, which some have seen as a sign of confidence that he will be approved for

the position. Yet, Gets' resignation also means that he's no longer under the jurisdiction of the

House Ethics Committee, which was mere days away from releasing the report of their investigation

into Gets on allegations of sexual misconduct, illicit drug use, and a number of other accusations.

Republican Senator John Cornyn, one of the party's leading figures and a member of the Senate Judiciary Committee,

has since spoken for many in arguing that the report should be part of the deliberations into whether Gets will be approved for the post of Attorney

General. Concerns that his preferred choices will not be approved could be part of why, earlier

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