Judge handed Trump major defamation win while begging for federal job

One of President Donald Trump's judicial nominees for a federal seat in Florida was lobbying the Senate for a nomination at the same time he ruled in favor of Trump in a defamation case in state court, Politico reported on Friday.

"Ed Artau ... met with staff in the office of Florida Republican Sen. Rick Scott to angle for the nomination less than two weeks after Trump’s election last fall, according to a new Senate disclosure obtained by POLITICO. In the midst of his interviews, Artau was...