WASHINGTON ― One of President Donald Trump’s judicial nominees didn’t tell the Senate about a major conflict of interest in his bid to become a lifetime federal judge: his wife is chief of staff to White House counsel Don McGahn, who oversees the president’s judicial nominations.
As first reported by The New York Times, Brett Talley, a nominee to an Alabama district court seat, did not disclose in his questionnaire to the Senate Judiciary Committee that he’s married to Ann Donaldson, McGahn’s top aide.
The questionnaire specifically asks Talley, 36, to identify family members who are “likely to present potential conflicts of interest.” He did not identify his wife.
Neither Talley nor the White House returned a request for comment.
Talley, who is currently a deputy assistant attorney general at the Justice Department, has already sparked controversy with his nomination. He has only practiced law for three years. He has never tried a case in court. And he was deemed “not qualified” to be a judge by the American Bar Association, making him Trump’s fourth judicial nominee to earn the rare and abysmal rating by the nation’s top legal organization.
Trash nominates, but it's McConnell and The Federalist Society type of oligarchy fests that hand Trash the names.
Repugs and the oligarchy intend to up the Federal judiciary for decades with incompetent, biased, politicized "judges" who will be anti-citizen, anti-patient, anti-employee, anti-environment, anti-LGBT, anti-women, racist, pro-business, pro-Christian Sharia.
He's right up TSA's alley.
He used to be a paranormal investigator.
That's hilariousHe's right up TSA's alley.
He used to be a paranormal investigator.
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