Ethics Committee meets amid mounting Gaetz pressure

Here’s what we’re watching in transition world today:

 🗓️ Mark your calendar/what we’re watching

• The House Ethics Committee will meet today as the panel faces pressure to release its report on attorney general nominee Matt Gaetz. Just one GOP vote could trigger the release of the report.
• Trump’s pick for Treasury secretary is still up in the air. But, a leading contender for the job, Kevin Warsh, holds views that could clash with the president-elect’s, such as the importance of free trade, the political independence of the Fed and a strong dollar.

🚨What’s up with the nominees?

• Just because MAGA world is excited over Pete Hegseth’s nomination as Defense secretary, it doesn’t mean Senate Republicans are feeling the same. GOP members are offering a tepid defense of President-elect Donald Trump’s pick and seem to be taking a wait-and-see approach for confirmation heading into the new year.

📝ICYMI: Here are the latest Cabinet picks 

• Howard Lutnick, a longtime friend and chief executive of the financial services firm Cantor Fitzgerald, was nominated as Commerce secretary
• Linda McMahon, Trump transition co-chair and former wrestling executive, was nominated as Education secretary

⏱️What Cabinet secretary announcements are we still waiting on?

• Treasury
• Agriculture
• Labor
• HUD
• Trade