President-elect Donald Trump’s transition team has been vetting potential members of his Cabinet for months, and the American public doesn’t care if the FBI performs the background checks on Defense Secretary nominee Pete Hegseth and other nominees, Sen. Bill Hagerty said Sunday.

“What the American public cares about is to see the mandate they voted in delivered on,” the Tennessee Republican told ABC News’ “This Week,” when asked about calls being made by some Republican senators for FBI background checks on Hegseth.

After former Rep. Matt Gaetz dropped out of contention for attorney general, the focus has turned on Hegseth, whose nomination to lead the Pentagon has been hit with a sexual misconduct controversy involving payments made to a woman who claims he allegedly assaulted her during a conference.

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