Trump Cabinet Confirmation Hearings Begin [Video]

The confirmation process for President-elect Donald Trump’s incoming Cabinet is underway. Watch a livestream of Pam Bondi’s confirmation hearing in the video player aboveAfter a Tuesday hearing with Trump’s defense secretary nominee, Pete Hegseth, several other key members of the incoming administration are set to go before the committees overseeing the agencies that Trump wants them to run. Here’s a look at the schedule for today’s Senate hearings, in Eastern time: 9:30 a.m.: Pam Bondi, attorney generalThe former Florida attorney general makes the first of two scheduled appearances before the Senate Judiciary Committee. She was Trump’s pick for attorney general hours after his first choice, former Florida Rep. Matt Gaetz, withdrew from consideration. Gaetz was facing questions about a federal sex trafficking investigation and a House Ethics Committee inquiry into allegations that he paid for sex, including with a 17-year-old girl.Bondi is a longtime fixture in Trump’s orbit. The attorney …