It’s not a shock that President-elect Donald Trump wants to place his cabinet nominees into office without Senate confirmation hearings.

Otherwise, former Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.), nominated to be attorney general, will have to explain why he is qualified to be the nation’s top law enforcement official when his legal experience consists of a brief stint as a junior lawyer in a small Florida law firm. Questions will come up about allegations that he engaged in sex trafficking involving a minor. For example: Mr. Gaetz, since you deny the allegations, why did you reportedly ask then-President Trump for a preemptive pardon?

Former Rep. Tulsi Gabbard, nominated to be director of National Intelligence, will have to explain why she is qualified for that post when she has little to no national intelligence experience. She will be confronted with her statements echoing Russian disinformation and her support for national security leakers. Ms. Gabbard, why did you praise Edward Snowden for leaking massive amounts of top-secret documents?

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