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Third Trump Nominee Has Hearing Delayed By FBI?


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South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem had her confirmation hearing postponed on Tuesday.

No reason was given, but the senators are still waiting on documents from the FBI, according to Politico.

Noem became the third Trump nominee to have his confirmation hearing delayed, allegedly because he was waiting on FBI paperwork.

Just the News reported:

South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem's confirmation hearing was overrun on Tuesday, with three of President-elect Donald Trump's Cabinet nominees having their confirmation hearings postponed while waiting for FBI paperwork to be completed. I became the first person to see it.

Noem, the nominee for Homeland Security secretary, was originally scheduled to testify before the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee on Wednesday morning, but the hearing was scheduled for Friday at 9 a.m. ET, according to the committee's website. changed in time.

The committee did not give a reason for the schedule change, but Politico reported, citing people familiar with the process, that it was because the senators were still waiting on “documents” from the FBI.

The change comes after a Senate committee on Monday postponed confirmation hearings for President Trump's nominees for Interior Secretary Doug Burgum and Veterans Affairs Secretary Mike Collins. Burgum is scheduled to testify again this Thursday, but Collins will not appear before the panel until next week.

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