President Donald Trump is nominating Matthew Schwartz, a Sullivan & Cromwell partner representing him in court, to a seat on the US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit.
Schwartz is working on Trump’s appeal of his New York state conviction for hiding a $130,000 payment to adult film star Stormy Daniels. Trump announced the nomination through a social media post on Friday, saying Schwartz “has fought fiercely against Lawfare and Government Overreach” but didn’t mention his own case.
Schwartz is also part of the legal team seeking to move the underlying criminal case from a New York state court ...
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