Grassley Says Trump Should Reconsider Two Judicial Picks

Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-IA) issued a rare rebuke of two of President Trump’s most controversial judicial nominees, telling CNN the White House should rethink the picks.

Grassley said that he is advising the White House to “reconsider” the nomination of Jeff Mateer, who was selected to become a federal judge in Texas. He said the White House “should not proceed” on the nomination of Brett Talley, whom Trump picked to become a federal judge in Alabama.

Said Grassley: “I would advise the White House not to proceed.”