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Trump will need the US Senate to confirm these nominees when he takes office in January, and though the chamber will be controlled by his fellow Republicans, his cabinet contenders will face an intense grilling during bipartisan hearings.

From BBC

The commission will stand outside the government to advise on spending, which is partly controlled by Congress.

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They alleged that Zilke and his associates also arranged numerous cash pickups from drug traffickers across the country and deposited them into various bank accounts, including some that were controlled by at least two other suspects in the case.

“There just are a lot of federal policies that Trump will push that can have a big impact on the state, and the tools to resist it may be limited, especially given Trump’s aggressive willingness to use executive power, and then the fact that the courts are generally controlled by conservatives who take a strong view of presidential power,” he said.

That has included blaming the CHJ hydrographic agency, which is controlled by Madrid, for allegedly activating and then de-activating an alert on the day in question.

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