President Donald Trump announced four nominees to fill long-standing federal trial court vacancies in North Carolina, tapping prosecutors, a magistrate judge, and a private practitioner for the state’s two district courts.
Trump nominated Assistant U.S. Attorneys Lindsey Freeman and David Bragdon to serve on the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of North Carolina.
He also named Magistrate Judge Susan Courtwright Rodriguez and lawyer Matthew Orso for the Western District.
Trump announced his picks in a series of posts on Truth Social on Aug. 22. The president highlighted his expectations that the nominees’ character and experience will make them suitable guardians of constitutional rights….