President-elect Donald Trump is personally pressuring Republican senators in a bid to get former Rep. Matt Gaetz, R-Fla., his pick for attorney general, confirmed after a new Congress is sworn in on Jan. 3.

Trump is firmly standing behind his nominee, who has faced a House Ethics Committee investigation over sexual misconduct allegations, Axios reported Monday. The Ethics Committee is considering whether to release its report on Gaetz, who has denied wrongdoing.

“He clearly wants Matt Gaetz,” Sen. Kevin Cramer, R-N.D., who received a call from Trump, told Axios. “He believes Matt Gaetz is the one person who will have the fearlessness and ferociousness, really, to do what needs doing at the Department of Justice.

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