Four key times presidential nominees failed to gain Senate confirmation
- Written by Sarah Snyder, Associate Professor, American University School of International Service
Republicans are rushing to begin confirmation hearings for Cabinet appointments even before the FBI has finished its background checks. For President-elect Donald Trump’s opponents, this makes uncovering flaws in his nominees all the more challenging.
As a scholar of U.S. history, I have studied the many cases in which presidential nominees,...
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