Trump Judicial Pick Did Not Disclose He Is Married to a White House Lawyer

[DonViejo]

Source: New York Times




By MATT APUZZO and MICHAEL S. SCHMIDTNOV. 13, 2017

WASHINGTON — One of President Trump’s most controversial judicial nominees did not disclose on publicly available congressional documents that he is married to a senior lawyer in the White House Counsel’s Office.

The nominee, Brett J. Talley, is awaiting a Senate confirmation vote that could come as early as Monday to become a federal district judge in Alabama. He is married to Ann Donaldson, the chief of staff to the White House counsel, Donald F. McGahn II.

Mr. Talley was asked on his publicly released Senate questionnaire to identify family members and others who are “likely to present potential conflicts of interest.” He did not mention his wife.

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Democrats have strongly criticized the nomination of Mr. Talley, a 36-year-old who has never tried a case and who received a rare “not qualified” rating from the American Bar Association. His nomination advanced through the Senate Judiciary Committee on Thursday on a party-line vote.



Read more: https://www.nytimes.com/2017/11/13/us/politics/trump-judge-brett-talley-nomination.html?rref=rawstory&_r=0

[Sneederbunk]

1. Has adopted the Jared style of form-filling.

[muriel_volestrangler]

9. Maybe they'll allow him to make some retrospective judgements

that can show what wisdom he undoubtedly possesses ...

[louis-t]

2. It's ok, they'll allow him to retroactively change it.

No harm, no foul. Got caught, no big deal if you're a republican.

[barbtries]

3. republicans really believe IOKIYAR

we use that acronym to diss them, but they seem to actually take it to heart.

i hate republicans.

[laserhaas]

4. Ain't that some chit

Shheesshh

[onecaliberal]

5. For fucks sake...

[PSPS]

6. It won't stop McCain's rubber stamp machine

[MGKrebs]

7. Of all the conservatives out there he could choose from,

the best he could come up with is someone with zero experience and a built-in conflict of interest.
I guess the swamp of potential nominees is pretty shallow for Il Duce Deuce.

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

8. Kick

[Vinca]

10. If the ABA says "not qualified," that should have already killed the nomination.

It's as if they're going out of their way to find the worst people for the job.

[BadgerKid]

11. "Govt is the problem" is self-fulfilling under DT

As well as other R's.

[jmowreader]

12. This is the blogger who's never been in a courtroom before?

There has never been a judicial nominee more in need of a filibuster than Talley. Robert Bork would have been God-awful, but he still would have stood head and shoulders above Talley. Is the ink on Talley's bar card dry yet?