Current Events > Trump picks openly gay man for Ninth Circle Court

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WASHINGTON, D.C., October 12, 2018 (LifeSiteNews) Another homosexual judge with ties to a LGBT legal group is among President Donald Trumps latest batch of judicial nominees, this time to the influential Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals.

The White House announced a handful of federal appointees Wednesday, including assistant U.S. Attorney Patrick Bumatay. A member of the Organized Crime and Drug Enforcement Tax Forces Section in the Southern District of California, Bumatay currently advises Attorney General Jeff Sessions on issues including opioids and organized crime.

National Review adds that he worked on the confirmations for Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts, Justice Samuel Alito, and Justice Neil Gorsuch, as well as Bush administration Attorney General Michael Mukasey.

Bumatay would also be the nations second openly homosexual federal appeals court judge and the first on the Ninth Circuit, the San Francisco Chronicle notes. The White Houses press release also notes that hes a member of the Tom Homann LGBT Law Association, an organization dedicated to the advancement of gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender issues throughout California and the nation.

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