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- Tyler Pager @ The New York Times: A Billionaire Wanted a Trump Pardon. His Family Gave Alina Habba a $50 Million Deal.
Julio Herrera Velutini, a prominent Venezuelan, was seeking clemency. He got it not long after his daughter gave Ms. Habba, a lawyer close to President Trump, an extraordinarily lucrative job.
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Trump taps James M. McDonald as U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York
Nation Jun 13, 2026
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump said Saturday that he will 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 Sullivan & Cromwell, McDonald is part of the legal team handling Trump's pending appeal of felony convictions in New York related to hush money payments to adult film actor Stormy Daniels during the 2016 presidential election.
READ MORE:** What to know about Jay Clayton, Trump's nominee for director of national intelligence
Trump said Saturday he would name McDonald to the role of U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York, one of the most influential positions in the Justice Department. He would replace Jay Clayton, whom Trump put forward this week as his pick for the director of national intelligence.
McDonald's perch as U.S. attorney would give him oversight of arguably the most prestigious of the Justice Department's prosecution offices, with a vast portfolio ranging from terrorism and espionage cases to security fraud and public corruption.
McDonald was also part of the legal team that last month secured a favorable outcome for Indian billionaire Gautam Adani when the Trump administration Justice Department dropped a fraud and conspiracy case that had been brought under the Biden administration.
McDonald has also served as director of enforcement at the Commodity Futures Trading Commission during Trump's first term in office and was deputy associate counsel in the White House under Bush.
"I am confident that Jamie will deliver strong results for our Country," Trump posted Saturday about McDonald on the Truth Social platform.
Nicholas Biase, spokesperson for the U.S. attorney's office in Manhattan, said it "welcomes the President's choice to lead the SDNY. Mr. McDonald is widely respected."
Trump's announcement on Clayton came as pressure increased from Congress to name a permanent replacement for Tulsi Gabbard, who announced her resignation as national intelligence director last month. Trump faced intense pushback over his decision to name Bill Pulte, head of the Federal Housing Finance Agency, as acting director.
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Category:Donald Trump attorneys - Wikipedia
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- Bruce Castor
- Kenneth Chesebro
- Pat Cipollone
- Justin R. Clark
- Ty Cobb (attorney)
- Michael Cohen (lawyer)
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- William Consovoy
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- Steven Sadow
- D. John Sauer
- Will Scharf
- David Schoen
- John B. Scott (Texas politician)
- Jay Sekulow
- Ken Starr
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On January 29, 2020, Collins announced he would run in the November 2020 special election for Georgia's Class III U.S. Senate seat. He finished in third place in the state's nonpartisan blanket primary, behind Democrat Raphael Warnock and incumbent Republican Kelly Loeffler, failing to make it to the top-two runoff election. Collins had opted out of a House re-election bid to run for the Senate and was succeeded there by Andrew Clyde. In April 2021, Collins stated he would not be running in Georgia's 2022 gubernatorial election or concurrent Senate election.[3] After leaving office, he served as a legal counsel for Trump before he nominated him to the Cabinet.[4]
On November 14, 2024, President-elect Donald Trump announced his intention to nominate Collins as the United States secretary of veterans affairs. Collins was confirmed by the United States Senate to the office on February 4, 2025, by a vote of 77–23, and took office the next day.
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