WASHINGTON, Dec. 16 -- Sen. Eric Schmitt issued the following press release:

Today, U.S. Senator Eric Schmitt (R-MO), Chairman of the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution, spoke on the Senate floor in support of Thomas Albus to serve as U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Missouri. Albus previously worked as First Assistant during Senator Schmitt tenure as Attorney General of Missouri.

If confirmed, Thomas Albus would be the top federal law enforcement officer in the Eastern District of Missouri, where the Senate already confirmed four (https://www.schmitt.senate.gov/media/press-releases/senator-schmitt-applauds-senate-confirmation-of-maria-lanahan-for-the-eastern-district-of-missouri/) district judges earlier this year...