Mulvaney Pushed Judicial Nominee Over Objections

“The nomination on Tuesday of Halil Suleyman ‘Sul’ Ozerden to the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals offers the latest glimpse of how acting chief of staff Mick Mulvaney is exercising his power inside the White House — in this instance, pushing a nominee whose views rankled some of the president’s most important supporters,” Politico reports.

“Mulvaney, who was a groomsman in Ozerden’s 2003 wedding, supported the 53-year-old district court judge’s nomination long before he joined the White House this winter.”