Senate Republicans Give Trump Two Big Wins

The Republican-controlled U.S. Senate delivered a double-win to President Donald Trump this week.

The U.S. Senate confirmed Justin D. Smith of Missouri to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit by a 48-43 vote.

The move delivers another qualified conservative jurist to the federal bench and strengthens President Trump’s America First judicial legacy.

Smith, a 41-year-old University of Missouri law graduate and former chief of staff to Sen. Eric Schmitt when he served as Missouri Attorney General, fills the seat vacated by retiring Judge William Duane Benton.

He has represented President Trump in key legal matters, including the landmark presidential immunity case before the Supreme Court.