Are the respective sexual assault and sex trafficking allegations against Donald Trump appointees Pete Hegseth and Matt Gaetz serious enough to derail their confirmations?
That’s the question MSNBC host Chris Jansing posed on Monday to a panel that included Elise Jordan, a former White House aide to President George W. Bush. She replied that candidates with possible legal issues could be “an easy mark for foreign governments and foreign spy agencies.”
“I think it still does matter at the end of the day, these are very horrific allegations,” Jordan said, referring to the charges against Secretary of Defense nominee Hegseth, who is accused of drugging and assaulting a woman in 2017; and Attorney General pick Gaetz, who may still face fallout from a House Ethics Committee investigation even after his resignation last week.