Trump Judicial Nominee Drops Out After Embarrassing Hearing

[avebury]

https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/donald-trump-judicial-nominee-matthew-petersen_us_5a37ec14e4b0ff955ad51e82?ncid=inblnkushpmg00000009

President Donald Trump’s judicial nominee Matthew Petersen has withdrawn his name from consideration after a video went viral of him failing to answer basic questions about law in his confirmation hearing.


In his letter to the president, Petersen said he’s withdrawing because he doesn’t want to be “a distraction” to the administration.


“I had hoped that my nearly two decades of public service might carry more weight than my two worst minutes on television,” he said. “However, I am no stranger to political realities, and I do not wish to be a continued distraction from the important work of your Administration and the Senate.”

Petersen is Trump’s third district court nominee to get derailed over a lack of qualifications. Brett Talley, a 36-year-old lawyer who had never tried a case and earned a rare and unanimous “not qualified” rating by the American Bar Association, withdrew his nomination last week. Jeff Mateer, who had described transgender children as evidence of “Satan’s plan,” is not moving either.

Kennedy said Trump has also told him that he’s counting on senators to reject his bad judicial picks.

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More proof that Trump could care less about actually taking the time to do his job.

[ProudLib72]

1. Thank God for these small wins! nt

[Irish_Dem]

2. Two decades of public service and he is only 36 yrs old?

Guess he graduated from Law School when he was 15 which explains why he does not display basic knowledge of the law.

[dsc]

9. Talley is a different unqualified nominee

I know, it is hard to keep them apart, but the 36 year old is Talley the guy who just withdrew is someone else.

[Irish_Dem]

10. Thank you for the correction and clarification. I cannot keep the Trump rejects straight.

[onecaliberal]

3. But but but he has the best people

[TheCowsCameHome]

4. The guy was a complete embarrassment.

I watched some of the questioning by the panel and just cringed.

Where the heck did they find him???

[Dread Pirate Roberts]

5. He did stay at a Holiday Inn Express however.

He would have been better advised to say he watched a requisite number of Law & Order episodes.

[gratuitous]

6. Gee Matt, ya think?

A "distraction" who was angling for a lifetime appointment to the federal bench, where who know what havoc he would have wrought. But that was the whole idea, wasn't it?

[dixiegrrrrl]

7. "....counting on senators to reject his bad judicial picks. "

Well, ok then. we'll see what we can to help.

[onethatcares]

8. reject them???

hell, they'd accept them with open arms and non normal confirmation hearings if they could.

[malaise]

11. Goodbye to this dunce