Trump taps former commodities regulator, ex-personal attorney as US attorney in NYC

James McDonald was one of the attorneys who represented Trump in his appeal.

New York City is set to have a new top federal prosecutor after President Donald Trump on Saturday announced that he plans to nominate former prosecutor and commodities regulator James McDonald to be the next United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York.

The announcement on social media comes after Trump tapped the current SDNY U.S. Attorney, Jay Clayton, to serve as the next Director of National Intelligence after his interim pick derailed the effort to renew a key surveillance law.

A seasoned litigator with law firm Sullivan and Cromwell, McDonald was one of the attorneys who represented Trump in his criminal appeal.

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