Donald Trump is close to endorsing Congressman Jim Jordan to replace ousted U.S. House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, Fox News reported on Thursday, as the chamber's fractious Republicans try to unify in the aftermath of McCarthy's historic fall.
The report from Fox anchor Sean Hannity follows earlier news that Trump, the frontrunner for the 2024 Republican nomination to challenge Democratic President Joe Biden, could agree to replace McCarthy for a short time.
Two Republican lawmakers are campaigning for the speakership: Representative Steve Scalise, who was second to McCarthy on the leadership ladder, and Jordan, an outspoken conservative from Ohio who has led investigations into the Biden administration. Although House rules do not require the speaker to be a member of Congress, Trump already has a lot on his plate as he faces four upcoming criminal trials, two related to his attempts to overturn his 2020 election defeat.Trump spent much of the start of the week in New York, where his civil fraud trial was getting under way, with the former reality TV star drawing the spotlight over repeated verbal attacks on the U.S. legal system, drawing a gag order from the judge.
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