Washington– President Donald Trump announced his intention to nominate James M. McDonald to the position of US Attorney for the Southern District of New York, on Saturday, to replace Jay Clayton, who was nominated by Trump this week. For the role of Director of National Intelligence.
McDonald, who was a former Assistant U.S. Attorney in the Southern District of New York, is currently a litigation partner at Sullivan & Cromwell Law Firm and was Trump’s one-time personal attorney after he was appointed to handle the appeal of Trump’s hush money conviction in Manhattan, which is still pending.
At the time, Trump was convicted 34 counts of concealing $130,000 Porn star Stormy Daniels.
If confirmed as US Attorney in Manhattan, McDonald will oversee the Justice Department’s most prestigious prosecutorial office, with a broad portfolio ranging from terrorism and espionage to security fraud and public corruption.
MacDonald was part of the legal team that last month won a positive finding in favor of Indian billionaire Gautam Adani when the Trump administration’s Justice Department decided… The fraud and conspiracy case was dropped Which was put in place under the Biden administration
McDonald also served as an executive director at the Commodity Futures Trading Commission during Trump’s first term and was also deputy associate counsel in the White House under George W. Bush.
“I’m confident that Jimmy will deliver strong results for our country,” Trump said of McDonald’s nomination on Truth Social on Saturday afternoon.
Clayton’s nomination came as pressure increased from Congress to name a permanent replacement for Tulsi Gabbard, who announced her resignation as Director of the Office of National Intelligence last month. Trump faced stiff resistance Because of his decision to appoint Bill Bolt, head of the Federal Housing Finance Agency, as acting administrator.