President-elect Donald Trump’s transition team may bypass the FBI process and use a private firm to vet candidates for Cabinet picks who need top security clearance, The New York Times reports. Sue Gordon, who served as principal deputy director of national intelligence during Trump’s first term in the White House, tells “Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan” that she thinks that is a “bad strategy and risky for America.”

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Dr. Deborah Birx, who served as White House Coronavirus Response Coordinator in the first Trump administration, tells “Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan” that while Robert F. Kennedy has sprouted debunked conspiracy theories about vaccines and autism as well as HIV and AIDS, he will have to bring his data forward in Senate confirmation hearings for Health and Human Services Secretary and it can be publicly questioned.