Richard J. Durbin

Mr. President, Claims · 144 wordstoday, the Senate will vote to confirm Matthew A.² Schwartz to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit.¹ Mr. Schwartz joins the growing line of Trump personal lawyers who have been nominated to the bench during Trump’s second term. Even as we consider his nomination, Mr. Schwartz is actively representing the President in two cases on appeal: ³Trump’s 34-count conviction in the Stormy Daniels hush money case and the $464 million judgment against him, his family members, ⁴and businesses for inflating business assets.⁵ During his hearing, Senator Booker asked Mr. Schwartz about the President’s reported outstanding $400,000 debt to Sullivan & Cromwell, an obvious conflict of interest.⁶ Mr. Schwartz downplayed that sum as ``an extraordinarily small amount.’’⁷ Mr. Schwartz also represented Tesla in its successful appeal of a judgment from the Delaware Court of Chancery voiding Elon Musk’s $50 billion compensation package.⁸ Positioning · 21 wordsWhile Musk raked in the billions Mr. Schwartz helped secure, he took a chainsaw to nearly every aspect of our government.Positioning Promise · 10 wordsFor these reasons, I will be opposing Mr. Schwartz’s nomination.