News Alert: Republicans still backing Trump judicial nominee with no trial experience

View in your browser     Republicans still backing Trump judicial nominee with no trial experience A young Department of Justice (DOJ) attorney is sailing through the confirmation process in the Senate for a lifetime seat as a federal district court judge in Alabama, despite the fact that he has no trial experience and has never filed a motion in court. Brett Talley, a 36-year-old deputy assistant attorney general in the Department of Justice, has become one of Trump’s most controversial judicial nominees. The American Bar Association gave him the rare “not qualified" rating two days before the Senate Judiciary Committee voted 11-9 along party lines to send his nomination to the floor for a vote. The New York Times reported on Monday that Talley failed to disclose to the committee that he’s married to the White House counsel’s chief of staff. Republicans are supporting him regardless. Read the full story here           Did a friend forward you this email? Sign up for News Alerts     Forward News Alerts     You Might Like       Privacy Policy  |  Manage Subscriptions  |  Unsubscribe  |  Email to a friend  |  Sign Up for Other Newsletters   The Hill 1625 K Street, NW 9th Floor, Washington DC 20006 ©2016 Capitol Hill Publishing Corp., a subsidiary of News Communications, Inc.