Vance is bringing some of Trump’s Cabinet picks to Capitol Hill to meet with key GOP senators

Vice President-elect JD Vance is bringing some of Donald Trump’s Cabinet picks to Capitol Hill this week for meetings with key Republican senators who will be involved in their confirmation process, three sources familiar with the plans tell CNN.

Vance is expected to sit in on some of the meetings, including those with former Florida Rep. Matt Gaetz, Trump’s pick for attorney general, and former Fox News host Pete Hegseth, who is slated to run the Department of Defense, the sources said.

Louisiana Sen. John Kennedy, a Republican member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, told CNN that he plans to meet with Gaetz and Vance on Wednesday.

New York Rep. Elise Stefanik, Trump’s pick to serve as the ambassador to the United Nations, as well as former Rep. Doug Collins, who he has selected to serve as Secretary of Veterans Affairs, will also meet with senators this week.

The meetings are expected to place today and tomorrow.

“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 (VA), Rep. Gaetz (DOJ), Pete Hegseth (DOD), and Rep. Stefanik (UN) will all begin their meetings this week with additional Hill visits to continue after the Thanksgiving recess,” Trump-Vance Transition spokesman Brian Hughes said in a statement.

The Senate meetings come as both Gaetz and Hegseth are under intense scrutiny over allegations from their past, leaving questions regarding their staying power in their upcoming confirmation fights.