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Last Updated: November 19, 2024, 9:04 PM EST

President-elect Donald Trump is sticking by his controversial selection of former Rep. Matt Gaetz for attorney general. Trump was asked if he was reconsidering his pick as he attended Tuesday’s SpaceX launch in Texas with Elon Musk. "No," Trump replied.

Meanwhile, Trump continues to announce his picks for top jobs inside his administration, most recently naming nominees for commerce and transportation secretaries and administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.

Nov 12, 3:45 pm

Tracking those Trump has named to serve in his Cabinet, administration

Ahead of his return to power in January, Trump is announcing who he wants to fill Cabinet positions and other key roles inside his administration.

They include some of his staunchest allies on Capitol Hill and key advisers to his 2024 campaign.

Here is a running list of the people Trump has selected, or is expected to select, to serve in his administration.

Nov 19, 2024, 6:37 PM EST

House Ethics Committee to meet behind closed doors Wednesday

The bipartisan House Ethics Committee is scheduled to meet Wednesday afternoon to discuss its report on the investigation of former Rep. Matt Gaetz, who resigned from office last week after Trump chose him as his nominee for attorney general.

Matt Gaetz talks before President-elect Donald Trump speaks during an America First Policy Institute gala at his Mar-a-Lago estate, Nov. 14, 2024, in Palm Beach, Fla.
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It’s not entirely clear if the committee will hold a vote on whether to release the report.

-ABC News' Lauren Peller, John Parkinson and Will Steakin

Nov 19, 2024, 6:37 PM EST

Dr. Oz picked as Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services administrator

Dr. Mehmet Oz has been selected to serve as the administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, Trump announced.

The agency is within the Department of Health & Human Services. The position requires Senate confirmation.

Trump indicated that Dr. Oz will work closely with Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to take on chronic diseases.

Mehmet Oz visits the facility of INVAMED, which produces medical devices for more than 70 countries, in Ankara, Turkey on May 02, 2024.
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Oz, a former heart surgeon turned TV talk show host, unsuccessfully ran for Senate in Pennsylvania in 2022, losing to Democratic Sen. John Fetterman.

Fetterman told reporters Tuesday that as long as Oz protects Medicare and Medicaid, he's open to confirming him.

"He's not my first choice and certainly, Trump was definitely not my first," Fetterman said. "We're going to have to work with these individuals, and if he's about protecting and preserving Medicaid and Medicare, then, I don't know why that's controversial."

-ABC News' Kelsey Walsh, Lalee Ibssa, Soo Rin Kim and Hannah Demissie

Nov 19, 2024, 5:52 PM EST

Trump says he's not reconsidering Gaetz nomination

President-elect Trump attended Tuesday’s SpaceX launch in Texas, joining Elon Musk-- SpaceX CEO and now a close ally of Trump’s.

Elon Musk gives a tour to U.S. President-elect Donald Trump and lawmakers of the control room before the launch of the sixth test flight of the SpaceX Starship rocket, Nov. 19, 2024, in Brownsville, Texas.
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Trump was asked by a reporter if he was reconsidering the nomination of former Rep. Matt Gaetz for attorney general.

"No," he said.

-ABC News' Lalee Ibssa, Soo Rin Kim and Kelsey Walsh

Nov 19, 2024, 3:26 PM EST

Vance arranging meetings for Gaetz and Hegseth on Capitol Hill this week

Vice President-Elect JD Vance will make the rounds on Capitol Hill this week, arranging meetings between key GOP senators and Trump's Cabinet nominees -- attorney general pick Matt Gaetz and defense secretary pick Pete Hegseth -- a source familiar with the plans confirmed to ABC News.

In a statement to ABC News, Trump's transition team said it is working quickly to ensure the president-elect's nominees get through their confirmation process. The statement also said that former Rep. Doug Collins, Trump's pick for veterans affairs secretary, and Rep. Elise Stefanik, who was nominated as U.N. ambassador, will also visit the Hill.

Vice President-elect JD Vance arrives for the Senate Republicans Leadership Elections at the US Capitol Hill, Nov. 13, 2024, in Washington.
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"President Trump's incoming administration is moving at an accelerated schedule in order to make good on getting key nominees confirmed in order to start delivering for the American people. Rep. Collins, Rep. Gaetz, Pete Hegseth, and Rep. Stefanik will all begin their meetings this week with additional Hill visits to continue after the Thanksgiving recess," said Trump-Vance transition spokesman Brian Hughes.

Senators on Capitol Hill have told ABC News that they plan to meet with Vance and Trump's Cabinet nominees.

Republican Sens. John Kennedy and Mike Lee told reporters that they would meet with Gaetz and Vance on Wednesday.

-ABC News' Hannah Demissie and Allison Pecorin