Trump transition team tells one of its own to ‘back off’ about Sen. Heitkamp

Republican lawyer Gary Baise helped assemble Donald Trump’s agricultural advisory committee last summer. But now he’s been chastised by at least one member of the presidential transition team for his public remarks about Democratic Sen. Heidi Heitkamp of North Dakota, who Trump is considering for secretary of agriculture. Baise “emailed key members of the Trump transition team and agricultural… » Read More

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