Alyssa Farah Griffin, former White House communications director under President-elect Donald Trump in his first administration, said Thursday that all of the scrutiny that was focused on Matt Gaetz will get shifted to Pete Hegseth’s nomination for Secretary of Defense.

Farah Griffin said Hegseth has an “uphill battle” to confirmation in an interview with CNN.

“I think now that Matt Gaetz is out of the running, all of the Senate’s eyes are focused on this gentleman,” she said.

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