Trump to appoint personal lawyer to serve as federal prosecutor in New York

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump said Saturday that he would appoint one of his personal lawyers to serve as the top federal prosecutor in Manhattan, filling a pending vacancy after Trump tapped the man currently in the job to be director of national intelligence. James M. McDonald, a former federal prosecutor in the office he had been picked to run, served as a financial regulator during Trump’s first term and worked in the White House counsel’s office in President George W. Bush’s administration. A partner at the law firm of Sullivan & Cromwell, McDonald is part of the legal team […]... Keep on reading: Trump to appoint personal lawyer to serve as federal prosecutor in New York