Trump appoints McDonald as SDNY chief

President Donald Trump announced his intention to appoint James M. McDonald as the U.S. attorney for the Southern District of New York, replacing Jay Clayton, who was recently nominated as the nation's new director of national intelligence. McDonald, an attorney with prior experience in the SDNY and a background in enforcement at the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, is also a senior partner at Sullivan & Cromwell and a former clerk to Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts.

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