The Rich Zeoli Show- Hour 1:

3:05pm- “Kash Patel Is Right for the FBI.” Former White House National Security Adviser Robert C. O’Brien writes in a Wall Street Journal op-ed: “President-elect Trump has assembled one of the most diverse and capable cabinets in American history, and he has done so at a record pace. His nomination of Kash Patel to be director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation is an excellent choice that adds further luster to the new administration. Mr. Patel will be a worthy successor to my friend Director Christopher Wray. The nominee is the son of Indian immigrants who fled beautiful East Africa for New York because of discrimination and the abuse of the rule of law by a tyrant in their homeland. Mr. Patel served as the National Security Council’s senior director for counterterrorism when I was White House national security adviser. I was able to count on him to get any job done, no matter how complex or difficult. Mr. Patel handled some of the nation’s most sensitive issues with care and discretion.” You can read the full editorial here: https://www.wsj.com/opinion/kash-patel-is-right-for-the-fbi-federal-bureau-of-investigation-cabinet-pick-85c8ef30

3:15pm- According to a report from The Wall Street Journal, president-elect Donald Trump is considering replacing his Secretary of Defense nominee Pete Hegseth with Florida Governor Ron DeSantis, Senator Joni Ernst (R-IA), or former Pentagon official Elbridge Colby. On Wednesday, Hegseth spoke with the press on Capitol Hill and revealed that Trump encouraged him to keep fighting during a conversation earlier in the day.

3:20pm- While appearing on CNN, New York Times reporter Maggie Haberman revealed that “most people around Trump” don’t think Pete Hegseth will be confirmed by the U.S. Senate.

3:30pm- While appearing on The View, Senator John Fetterman said Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg’s “hush money” case against Donald Trump was politically motivated —and that American institutions were damaged as a consequence.

3:40pm- Joni Ernst Doing Everything to Derail Hegseth Nomination. Shawn Fleetwood of The Federalist reports that “Sen. Joni Ernst, R-Iowa, has been leading an “aggressive” personal jihad against Pete Hegseth, Donald Trump’s nominee for defense secretary...Ernst’s efforts included personal calls to Trump to urge him to dump Hegseth ahead of her meeting with the Army veteran on Wednesday afternoon. Ernst did not tell Hegseth during her meeting with him about her efforts to derail his nomination.” You can read the full article here: https://thefederalist.com/2024/12/04/trump-world-sources-joni-ernst-is-waging-aggressive-personal-jihad-against-hegseth/