The Office of Government Ethics (OGE) is still conducting its ethics review of Secretary of Education nominee Betsy DeVos, prompting Republican leaders’ to postpone her confirmation hearing, according to Politico.

The delay was announced late Monday by the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee.

Sources told Politico that GOP leaders were worried about the incomplete ethics review, prompting them to reschedule DeVos’s confirmation hearing for Jan. 17. She was originally scheduled to appear on Wednesday morning, at the same time as a handful of other nomination hearings.

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The HELP committee, in its statement, said the postponement of DeVos’s hearing was to accommodate the Senate’s schedule.

Incoming White House press secretary Sean Spicer backed up that notion on a Tuesday morning call with reporters.

“As far as I know, this has nothing to do with her at all,” Spicer told reporters. “This has to do with Senate schedule and the time constraints of senators being at various committees.”

“Ms. DeVos had all of her paperwork in way before and looks forward to a swift confirmation with bipartisan support.”

President-elect Donald Trump Donald John TrumpBarr criticizes DOJ in speech declaring all agency power 'is invested in the attorney general' Military leaders asked about using heat ray on protesters outside White House: report Powell warns failure to reach COVID-19 deal could 'scar and damage' economy MORE’s transition team said DeVos submitted her financial information to the federal agency on Dec. 12.

But Politico reported that a spokesman for a group backing her nomination said DeVos is still in talks to finalize her paperwork and sign a document acknowledging potential conflicts of interest.

Democrats have criticized Republicans for rushing the confirmation process and not giving enough time to fully vet Trump's Cabinet picks.

Over the weekend, the director of the OGE accused Senate Republicans of rushing the confirmation hearing schedule and said that because of the packed calendar, his office had not completed ethics reviews for several nominees.

Sen. Elizabeth Warren Elizabeth WarrenNo new taxes for the ultra rich — fix bad tax policy instead Democrats back away from quick reversal of Trump tax cuts It's time for newspapers to stop endorsing presidential candidates MORE (D-Mass.) wrote a 16-page letter to DeVos earlier this week, questioning her qualifications for the job and arguing that she has a “lack of experience in public education.”

DeVos, a billionaire GOP donor, is a longtime supporter of charter schools and school choice.