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Matthew Spencer Petersen (born 1970) is an American attorney who served as a member of the United States Federal Election Commission. In 2017, he was nominated by President Donald Trump to be a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of Columbia.
Aug 2, 2016 · Matthew S. Petersen was nominated to the Federal Election Commission by President George W. Bush on June 12, 2008, and unanimously confirmed by the United States Senate on June 24, 2008. From 2005 until his appointment to the Commission, Mr. Petersen served as Republican chief counsel to the U.S. Senate Committee on Rules and Administration.
Hon. Matthew Spencer Petersen. Partner, Holtzman Vogel Josefiak Torchinsky PLLC. Matt Petersen is a former Chairman of the Federal Election Commission (FEC) with two decades of high-level legal experience in political and administrative law.
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Matthew Spencer Petersen is a former commissioner on the Federal Election Commission. On September 11, 2017, Petersen was nominated to a seat on the United States District Court for the District of Columbia by President Donald Trump (R).
Dec 18, 2017 · Matthew Spencer Petersen, a member of the Federal Election Commission, said in a letter to President Donald Trump that his nomination had become “a distraction,” and it was not fair to Trump...
Dec 15, 2017 · Just after Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Charles E. Grassley (R-Iowa) sent a letter urging reconsideration of two nominees — both were later pulled — fellow Judiciary Committee member John...
Dec 18, 2017 · WASHINGTON ― President Donald Trump’s judicial nominee Matthew Petersen has withdrawn his name from consideration after a video went viral of him failing to answer basic questions about law in his confirmation hearing.
