WASHINGTON, Feb. 18 -- Sen. Eric Schmitt issued the following press release:
Today, U.S. Senator Eric Schmitt (R-MO) released the following statement after Justin Smith was nominated by President Trump to serve on the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit, the President's first nominee to serve on the court from Missouri and his inaugural nominee to serve on the court in his second term. Smith served as Schmitt's Chief of Staff and First Assistant in the Missouri Attorney General's Office.
Smith's nomination continues President Trump's reshaping of Missouri's federal bench. Upon Smith's confirmation, a majority (nine) of Missouri's 16 federal judges will have been appointed by President Trump, six of whom will have been ap...