Judge Pick Would Ax Tweets on Clinton, Obama, if Confirmed (1)

A Trump judicial nominee who disparaged the Clintons and mocked Barack Obama on Twitter said he’d probably disable his account if confirmed to a federal district court seat but didn’t commit to taking down the posts before then.

In an exchange with Hawaii Democratic Sen. Mazie Hirono at his Senate confirmation hearing on Jan. 8, Mississippi state court Judge Cory T. Wilson agreed that some of his past comments wouldn’t be appropriate for a federal judge to make, and said he’d stopped using the account months ago.

When pressed by Hirono about whether he’d delete them, Wilson said he understood ...