Schumer asks Biden to nominate first-ever Black Manhattan U.S. attorney

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

Source: New York Daily News

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer has asked President Biden to nominate federal prosecutor Damian Williams to serve as the next Manhattan U.S. attorney — a post he’d become the first Black man to hold if confirmed by Congress, the Daily News has learned.

The New York senator planned to publicly announce his recommendation of Williams on Tuesday afternoon, a source familiar with the matter said.

Biden’s likely to act on Schumer’s recommendation, the source said, with the New York Democrat’s nod weighing heavily in that he is the state’s most senior congressional lawmaker and the Senate’s top-ranking member.

The White House did not immediately return a request for comment.

Read more: https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/schumer-asks-biden-to-nominate-first-ever-black-manhattan-u-s-attorney/ar-BB1eSMww?li=BBnbfcQ&ocid=DELLDHP

[NewDayOranges]

1. Wasn't former AG Loretta Lynch also a NY US Atty?

[brooklynite]

2. Eastern District (Brooklyn-Queens-Long Island); not Southern District (Manhattan-Bronx-Westchester)

[elleng]

3. She was appointed by President Barack Obama to succeed Eric Holder

and previously served as the United States Attorney for the Eastern District of New York under both Presidents Bill Clinton (1999–2001) and Obama (2010–2015).

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loretta_Lynch

[Princess Turandot]

4. He appears to be a fine choice..

Born in Brooklyn, to Jamaican immigrant parents.

Harvard (Econ/Phi Beta Kappa)
Cambridge University (Masters, International Relations)
Yale Law (2007)

Clerked for Judge Merrick Garland

Clerked for SCOTUS Associate Justice J P Stevens

Joined SDNY in 2012, where he's now the Chief of the Securities and Commodities Fraud Task Force. (Prior to that, he prosecuted both Sheldon Silver and Trumper Christopher Collins.)

[iluvtennis]

5. Like it...hope this happens. nt