Live updates: Trump presidential transition, Cabinet picks
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Live updates: Trump presidential transition, Cabinet picks

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Republican Sen. Mitt Romney, who stood by his criticism of Donald Trump’s character but acknowledged in a CNN interview that the party has been reshaped in the president-elect’s image, says it’s up to Congress to weigh the suitability of some of Trump’s controversial Cabinet picks. Trump’s picks are “an unusual collection of individuals, not the people that I would have chosen,” but the president-elect is “entitled” to make his selections because he won the election, Romney told Jake Tapper in an interview airing on “State of the Union” Sunday. But Romney said he thinks American institutions will hold up in the years to come, “because I think people, when faced with the reality of what’s at stake, they’re going to want to protect the roots of freedom.” Asked whether he is worried that he or his family could become targets for political retribution by Trump, Romney said, “No, actually, I’ve been pretty clean throughout my life. I’m not particularly worried about criminal investigations.” Romney suggested it was possible some of what Trump has said is “hyperbole,” and said the president-elect is likely to “focus on the future.”

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