Who Has Donald Trump Picked For His Cabinet So Far? Here's What To Know Republicans were on the defensive about two of President-elect Donald Trump's most controversial Cabinet picks Sunday. Speaker of the House Mike Johnson said on CNN's State of the Union that a House Ethics Committee investigation into Trump's pick for attorney general and staunch Trump-loyalist Matt Gaetz should not be revealed. The Justice Department investigated sex trafficking allegations against Gaetz. The investigation ended without charges, but the House Ethics Committee continued to look into the allegation he assaulted a 17-year-old. An attorney for Pete Hegseth, Trump's choice for Secretary of Defense, told multiple outlets that Hegseth paid a woman who accused him of sexual assault in 2017 because he feared losing his job at Fox News. Hegseth has denied the sexual assault allegation and was never charged, however he paid the woman as part of a settlement agreement that included a confidentiality provision after she threatened litigation in 2020, the attorney told media outlets. Though Trump did not add to his administration Sunday, the president-elect did name his choices for secretary of Energy and a prominent White House aide Saturday as he continues to fill out key positions ahead of Inauguration Day in 2025. Trump appointed personal lawyer Will Scharf, who played a key role in defending Trump in the federal criminal case tied to the Jan. 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol, to be an assistant to the president and White House staff secretary. Scharf is the fourth personal attorney of Trump's to be named to the incoming administration. Trump said Saturday he plans to nominate oil industry executive Chris Wright, CEO of Liberty Energy and 2024 campaign donor to lead the Department of Energy in his second term in the White House. The department oversees the country's energy supplies, research and development of nuclear power, 17 national laboratories and the cleanup of Cold War-era nuclear efforts. Wright will also be a member of Trump's newly-formed Council of National Energy, which is set to be led by Interior Secretary nominee Doug Burgum, the president-elect said in his statement. In a video posted in 2023 on LinkedIn, Wright denied the scientific consensus that manmade greenhouse gas emissions are responsible for the warming planet. "There is no climate crisis and we're not in the midst of an energy transition either," said Wright, whose company counts among its services the hydraulic fracking technique used to extract natural gas and oil from deep below the Earth's surface. Trump's announcement is an indication that he intends to nominate Wright for Senate approval, however Trump has floated the demand that Republican Senate leadership allow for recess appointments as an end-around of the confirmation process. https://www.devex.com/people/como-puedo-hablar-con-una-persona-real-en-copa-airlines-2099768