Trump Judicial Pick Did Not Disclose He Is Married to a White House Lawyer<br />Talley served as deputy solicitor general for the state of Alabama, currently serves in the Department of Justice’s Office of Legal Policy<br />and was recommended by Alabama’s U. S. senators,” said Sarah Huckabee Sanders, the White House press secretary.<br />WASHINGTON — One of President Trump’s most controversial judicial nominees did not disclose on publicly available congressional documents<br />that he is married to a senior lawyer in the White House Counsel’s Office.<br />Mr. Talley also did not mention his wife when he described his frequent contact with White House lawyers during the nomination process.<br />District judges often provide the first ruling when laws are called into question, decisions<br />that can put them at odds with the White House and its lawyers.
