MSNBC host Nicolle Wallace had one “serious question” for her “Deadline: White House” panelists on Tuesday: Are Donald Trump and his administration “trying to populate the cabinet with men accused of sexual misconduct?”
The question, directed at NBC News correspondent Vaughn Hillyard, was spurred by Wallace’s deep-dive recap of the several cabinet picks who have a sordid history of allegations, settlements, NDAs and, in the case of former Attorney General pick Matt Gaetz (“now of Cameo fame,” Wallace quipped), a scuttled House Ethics Committee investigation. Also among them: sexual assault allegations against Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and Pete Hegseth, and a lawsuit citing Linda McMahon as a defendant that cites WWE events held under her and Vince McMahon’s purview that fostered the sexual abuse of teenagers in attendance by high-ranking employees.