Trump’s Cabinet Of Men Accused Of Sexual Misconduct

President-elect Donald Trump, who has repeatedly and infamously been accused of sexual assault and misconduct, is now filling his Cabinet with multiple men who have allegedly committed the same type of violence.

At least four of Trump’s announced nominations for his administration have been accused of sexual misconduct ranging from sexual harassment to assault and rape. Trump himself has been accused by two dozen women of sexual assault and rape, and just last year a federal jury found him liable for sexually abusing E. Jean Carroll in the 1990s.

His rampant misogyny and disregard for women’s humanity has been a signature of his political career. The entire country heard him endorse sexual assault on the infamous “Access Hollywood” tape leaked ahead of the 2016 election. Even his attempts to appease female voters over much of his anti-woman rhetoric is laughably sexist. Five days before the 2024 election, he pledged to “protect the women of our country … whether the women like it or not.” His unabashed sexism has worked as a dog whistle to many of his most ardent supporters, including several of those arrested for storming the Capitol on Jan. 6 who HuffPost found had a history of violence against women.

“When we elect a president, we expect that president to provide security to women,” Rep. Teresa Leger Fernández (D-N.M.), vice chair of the Democratic Women’s Caucus, told HuffPost. “When he appoints men who have been accused of sexual violence against women … he is betraying the women who voted for him, and he is betraying all women in America.”

Trump shocked even Republicans when he selected now-former Rep. Matt Gaetz for attorney general. Gaetz has been the focus of two investigations launched by the Justice Department and House lawmakers over allegations of sex trafficking, sexual misconduct and illicit drug use. The DOJ dropped their investigation last year without charges.

The public got a sneak peek of the House Ethics Committee’s findings on Monday when an attorney representing two women who testified before the committee said Gaetz paid the women for sex in 2017. One of the women testified that she witnessed Gaetz having sex with an underage girl at a party, which took place the same year Gaetz was sworn into Congress.

Gaetz has vehemently…