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Trump to nominate Washington lawyer Christopher Landau ambassador to Mexico: White House
Source: Reuters
POLITICS MARCH 19, 2019 / 12:48 AM / UPDATED AN HOUR AGO
Trump to nominate Washington lawyer ambassador to Mexico: White House
Rich McKay
2 MIN READ
(Reuters) - President Donald Trump will nominate a Washington attorney, Christopher Landau, to be the next United States Ambassador to Mexico, the White House Press Office said on Monday.
The nomination comes at a time of strained relations between the neighbors amid trade disputes, Trump’s complaints about undocumented immigrants crossing the border, and his efforts to build an extended border wall.
Roberta Jacobson, the previous U.S. ambassador, stepped down in May, joining a list of senior U.S. State Department officials to resign during Trump’s presidency.
Landau, now a partner at the law firm of Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP, was a law clerk for Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia, who died in 2016, and then for Justice Clarence Thomas, both considered court conservatives.
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Trump to nominate Washington lawyer ambassador to Mexico: White House
Rich McKay
2 MIN READ
(Reuters) - President Donald Trump will nominate a Washington attorney, Christopher Landau, to be the next United States Ambassador to Mexico, the White House Press Office said on Monday.
The nomination comes at a time of strained relations between the neighbors amid trade disputes, Trump’s complaints about undocumented immigrants crossing the border, and his efforts to build an extended border wall.
Roberta Jacobson, the previous U.S. ambassador, stepped down in May, joining a list of senior U.S. State Department officials to resign during Trump’s presidency.
Landau, now a partner at the law firm of Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP, was a law clerk for Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia, who died in 2016, and then for Justice Clarence Thomas, both considered court conservatives.
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Read more: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-mexico-diplomacy/trump-to-nominate-washington-lawyer-ambassador-to-mexico-white-house-idUSKCN1R00AR