The media is solely focused on Donald Trump and his impeachment….
THAT is about the past….
Joe Biden is looking at the future…,
Biden needs the Senate to help him with confirmations and pass another stimulus /virus bill….
Stuck….Biden is doing two things….
Identifying those currently in government that can be trusted to run things until the Biden cabinet is confirmed…
And…
Trying to get the Senate do confirmation work while doing a Trump trial AFTER Trump is out of office….
President-elect Joe Biden on Wednesday urged the Senate to conduct the impeachment trial of President Donald Trump while simultaneously working on other critical issues, indicating a desire to settle the proceedings against Trump that are likely to remain unresolved when Biden takes office.
President-elect Joe Biden will tap current Deputy Defense Secretary David Norquist to temporarily run the Pentagon while the new team awaits confirmation of a permanent DoD chief, according to four people familiar with discussions.
Norquist, the Pentagon’s confirmed No. 2 since July 2019, would take over on Jan. 20 and run the Defense Department as acting chief until the Senate confirms retired Army Gen. Lloyd Austin for the position….