President Trump nominated a former deputy Texas attorney general who decided not to sue Trump University to fill a federal judge vacancy.
Trump nominated David S. Morales to fill a vacant seat on the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas, the Corpus Christi Caller-Times reported Wednesday.
While serving as deputy attorney general, Morales declined to pursue a $5.4 million lawsuit against Trump and Trump University.
He worked with then-Attorney General Greg Abbott (R), who is now the state’s governor.
Morales said in a 2016 statement that he would not to pursue the lawsuit and did not discuss his decision with Abbott.
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