President Donald Trump waits to greet Mark Carney, Canada's prime minister, to the White House on Tuesday, May 6, 2025. (Aaron Schwartz/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
The president also selected Zachary Bluestone to sit on the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri, referring to him as "a True Legal Warrior" in a Tuesday post.
A Tuesday White House press release notes that "Zachary Bluestone is appellate chief and a violent crimes prosecutor in the United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Missouri."
Trump is tapping Show-Me State Solicitor General Joshua Divine for the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri as well as the Western District of Missouri.
"I am proud to nominate Edward Aloysius O’Connell to serve as Associate Judge on the Superior Court of the District of Columbia. Eddie will help fix Violent Crime in the City by restoring the RULE OF LAW to Washington, D.C.," Trump declared in a post on Tuesday.
According to the White House release, "Edward Aloysius O’Connell is Chief of Staff and Deputy General Counsel of the Office of the Inspector General of the United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission and Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board."
The president's judicial picks will need to be confirmed by the U.S. Senate.
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Last week, Trump announced his pick of Whitney Hermandorfer to sit on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit, calling her "a Fighter who will inspire confidence in our Legal System." She is the Strategic Litigation Unit director with the office of the Tennessee state attorney general.
Fox News' Luke Trevisan contributed to this report
Alex Nitzberg is a writer for Fox News Digital.
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