Donald Trump has been building up his transition team, including his controversial picks for some of the country’s highest offices. Those include alleged child sex traffickers and alleged “Russian Assets” and they may never even be vetted by the country’s preeminent law enforcement agency. Veuer’s Tony Spitz has the details.
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00:00Donald Trump has been building up his transition team including tapping some controversial picks for some of the country's highest offices a quick rundown
00:07Includes South Dakota governor and self-proclaimed dog killer Kristi Noem for Homeland Security
00:13Secretary former Democrat and alleged Russian asset Tulsi Gabbard for director of National Intelligence and Matt Gates the recently resigned
00:20Florida representative who is currently under investigation for child sex trafficking having been nominated by Trump for Attorney General
00:27Now it's being reported that many of his picks are skipping their FBI background checks the conventional vetting method and instead for some reason
00:34They're being vetted by private companies
00:36But why CNN reports that people close to the administration say it's due to the FBI taking a long time for their thorough checks
00:43However, many of his picks so far would likely face an uphill battle for confirmation
00:47If the FBI was involved something Trump faced in his first term already back
00:52Then the former president was forced to bypass traditional processes when his son-in-law Jared Kushner was found to have had conflicts of interest
00:58With CNN also reporting that in the end Trump had to order bypasses for some 25 members of his administration
01:04Those that were initially denied clearances by the FBI