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Huffington Post // Entertainment

Donald Trump Already Setting Up A Potential Constitutional Crisis Over His Appointments

Sunday 17th November 2024, 8:31AM

Rep. Matt Gaetz, R-Fla., speaks before Republican presidential nominee former President Donald Trump speaks at a campaign rally at Lee's Family Forum, Thursday, Oct. 31, 2024, in Henderson, Nev. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)WASHINGTON ― Four years after sending a violent mob to the US Capitol to coerce Congress into giving him a second term despite his election loss, Donald Trump is again trying to bully lawmakers, this time by demanding they adjourn and let him bypass their constitutional role if they will not quickly confirm his choices for his administration.The test cases could be Matt Gaetz, a former congressman being investigated by his colleagues over accusations of having sex with a high school student, and Robert F. Kennedy Jr., a conspiracy theorist and vaccine opponent.The former and soon-to-be-president wants Gaetz to be attorney general and Kennedy as secretary of health and human services.“Both the Gaetz appointment and the RFK appointment are sort of as a ‘fuck you’ to America,” said Ty Cobb, a lawyer in Trump’s White House during his first term who, like many others who had worked for Trump, now see him as a threat

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