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US House Ethics Panel to Meet Amid Calls for Report on Trump AG Pick Gaetz
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‘Working the phones’: Trump putting pressure on Senate Republicans to confirm Matt Gaetz for AG
John Heilemann, Puck Chief Political Columnist and Charlie Sykes MSNBC Contributor & Columnist join Nicolle Wallace on Deadline White House with reaction to the continued fallout from Trump’s nomination of Matt Gaetz to be his Attorney General.
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