Trump to be named Time’s ‘Person of the Year’; president-elect gloats about Christopher Wray’s resignation: Live
The Republican also won the accolade in 2016 after winning his first presidential election
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Your support makes all the difference.Donald Trump is expected to be named Time magazine’s “Person of the Year” on Thursday morning after winning the presidential election for the second time, according to Politico.
The annual cover – which highlights an individual who has greatly influenced the year, for good or ill – is set to be unveiled today, with sources suggesting in advance that the president-elect will grace the cover again.
The Republican was also named “Person of the Year” in 2016, the year he beat Hillary Clinton to win election to the White House for the first time, and is expected to celebrate the honor by ringing the opening bell of the New York Stock Exchange this morning.
Trump has meanwhile been continuing to announce nominees to his new administration and gloating over the resignation of FBI Director Christopher Wray, whom he appointed to replace James Comey in 2017.
Writing on Truth Social, the president-elect called it “great day for America” that would “end the Weaponization of what has become known as the United States Department of Injustice.”
Trump went to accuse the bureau of having “illegally raided my home, without cause, worked diligently on illegally impeaching and indicting me.”
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Matt Gaetz is heading to OAN. Will anybody even watch him there?
The self-described MAGA “firebrand”, who dropped out last month as Trump’s choice for attorney general amid ongoing sexual misconduct allegations, has finally secured another full-time job now that he’s no longer in Congress.
After news leaked on Monday night that he had agreed to host a primetime show for the little-watched right-wing conspiracy channel One America News (OAN), the network made it official on Tuesday with a press release and promotional video.
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“I just told him and his wife, I said this is going to be a very difficult process on all of you,” Cornyn told reporters this week, according to The Hill.
“I’ve been through a lot of Supreme Court nomination fights, including Brett Kavanaugh, and that may pale in comparison to what may be thrown at Pete.”
Hegseth is likely to receive a brutal grilling from Democrats over allegations that he sexually assaulted a woman in 2017, has a drinking problem and has mismanaged not one but two veterans’ associations, all of which the nominee denies.
Cornyn, who said he intends to back Hegseth despite it all, has since repeated his warnings to Rob Schmitt on Newsmax, declaring that the candidate is in for “a very unpleasant process for him and his family.”
The Texan continued: “It’s important for all of these nominees to come around and answer questions. I told Pete this is gonna be a very unpleasant process for him and his family, having been involved in the Kavanaugh hearings.
“I know there will be unnamed accusations and some things that are going to be hurtful, not only to him and his family, but he’s ready for that, his wife is ready for that, and I’m confident he will be confirmed.”
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A congressional task force investigating the attempts to kill Trump during his presidential campaign is recommending changes to the Secret Service, including protecting fewer foreign leaders during the height of election season and considering moving the agency out of the Homeland Security Department.
The 180-page report by the bipartisan task force released on Tuesday is one of the most detailed looks so far into the July assassination attempt against Trump during a campaign rally in Pennsylvania and a second attempt in Florida two months later.
Like the series of other investigations and reports, the task force railed at the agency tasked with protecting the top echelon of America‘s democratic leaders.
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