Linda McMahon made a fortune with WWE. Wrestling scandals now shadow her rise. - The Boston Globe

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

74% : Trump has not publicly commented on the allegations; he called Vince McMahon "a fantastic guy, and one of the best ever" in an interview last year, after details of the federal investigation had begun to surface but before Grant filed her lawsuit.
60% : Trump heavily courted combat sports fans during his campaign.
55% : The McMahons have known Trump since the late 1980s, when WWE held its annual pay-per-view extravaganza, WrestleMania, at Trump Plaza in Atlantic City.
54% : She was viewed as a front-runner for commerce secretary, but Trump on Tuesday instead chose his other transition co-chair, Howard Lutnick, and picked McMahon as education secretary, writing on Truth Social that she will use her "deep understanding of both Education and Business" to "make America Number One in Education in the World.
52% : Trump attended a UFC event with White on Saturday and was spotted hugging the McMahons' son-in-law, the wrestler known as Triple H.
51% : Trump shaved Vince McMahon's head on national television in 2007 after winning the "Battle of the Billionaires," and Trump was inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame in 2013.
42% : "That could be an issue for her, but Trump has so much baggage himself, and it seems that in politics these days, everything goes.
29% : Trump and his transition team have discarded many protocols that typically guide the transfer of power, failing to sign ethics pledges, reach out to federal agencies or allow the FBI to vet appointees.
25% : Trump campaigned on exercising more control over the Justice Department - claiming broad executive powers that collide with long-standing norms shielding criminal investigations from political influence - and he could try to intervene in the federal probe into Vince McMahon.
24% : "Trump has condemned the criminal justice system that has indicted him four times as "weaponized."

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