Judicial nominee with Utah ties withdraws after fumbling questions at his confirmation

Matthew Petersen says he doesn’t want to be a ‘distraction’ for the Trump administration.<br>

(Screen capture from Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse's Twitter account) A video of Federal Elections Commissioner Matthew Petersen, a former staffer to the late Sen. Bob Bennett and a graduate of Brigham Young University, being questioned about a possible judgeship has gone viral after he failed to answer several queries about rudimentary law by a Republican senator.

Judicial nominee with Utah ties withdraws after fumbling questions at his confirmation

Matthew Petersen says he doesn’t want to be a ‘distraction’ for the Trump administration.<br>

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