Trump attorney at Sullivan & Cromwell nominated to judgeship pledges to recuse from cases

Source: Reuters

Trump attorney at Sullivan & Cromwell nominated to judgeship pledges to recuse from cases

By Nate Raymond
May 20, 2026 2:56 PM EDT Updated 3 hours ago


Matthew Schwartz appears before the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee for a hearing on his judicial nomination, in Washington, D.C., U.S., May 20, 2026. U.S. Senate/Handout via REUTERS

May 20 (Reuters) - A Sullivan & Cromwell lawyer who was nominated by President Donald Trump to serve as a federal appeals court judge after serving as his personal attorney vowed on Wednesday to "rule without fear or favor" and to recuse himself ​from cases in which he represented the Republican leader.

Noting that Trump's Save America PAC reported in April that it owed ​Sullivan & Cromwell nearly $400,000, Democratic Senator Cory Booker of New Jersey pressed Schwartz to disclose any financial obligations Trump ​had to the judicial nominee.

Schwartz responded that he had "no idea" how much the Wall Street law ⁠firm was owed for its work for Trump, which also includes representing Trump in his appeal to the New York ​Court of Appeals in the civil fraud case brought by Democratic New York Attorney General Letitia James.
Matthew Schwartz, Trump's nominee for the New York-based ‌2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, told the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee that he did not know how much money Trump owes his law firm for representing him in two appeals, including his 2024 hush money-related criminal conviction.

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Read more: https://www.reuters.com/legal/government/trump-attorney-sullivan-cromwell-nominated-judgeship-pledges-recuse-cases-2026-05-20/

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"My firm has revenues of almost $2 billion ​a year," Sullivan & Cromwell partner Matthew Schwartz said, when asked about $400,000 Trump's PAC owes it. "The amount that we take in or might take in from President Trump, I don't know how much that is but it would be an extraordinarily small amount."

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New: A Sullivan & Cromwell lawyer nominated by Trump to serve as a federal appeals court judge after serving as his personal attorney vowed to recuse himself ​from cases in which he represented Trump but could not say how much the firm was still owed for its work. www.reuters.com/legal/govern...

Trump attorney at Sullivan & Cromwell nominated to judgeship pledges to recuse from cases
A Sullivan & Cromwell lawyer who was nominated by President Donald Trump to serve as a federal appeals court judge after serving as his personal attorney vowed on Wednesday to "rule without fear or fa...
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5:43 PM · May 20, 2026
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"My firm has revenues of almost billion ​a year," Sullivan & Cromwell partner Matthew Schwartz said, when asked about 0,000 Trump's PAC owes it. "The amount that we take in or might take in from President Trump, I don't know how much that is but it would be an extraordinarily small amount."

— Nate Raymond (@nateraymond.bsky.social) 2026-05-20T21:43:58.672Z

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New: A Sullivan & Cromwell lawyer nominated by Trump to serve as a federal appeals court judge after serving as his personal attorney vowed to recuse himself ​from cases in which he represented Trump but could not say how much the firm was still owed for its work. www.reuters.com/legal/govern...

Trump attorney at Sullivan & Cromwell nominated to judgeship pledges to recuse from cases
A Sullivan & Cromwell lawyer who was nominated by President Donald Trump to serve as a federal appeals court judge after serving as his personal attorney vowed on Wednesday to "rule without fear or fa...
www.reuters.com
4:20 PM · May 20, 2026
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New: A Sullivan & Cromwell lawyer nominated by Trump to serve as a federal appeals court judge after serving as his personal attorney vowed to recuse himself ​from cases in which he represented Trump but could not say how much the firm was still owed for its work. www.reuters.com/legal/govern...

— Nate Raymond (@nateraymond.bsky.social) 2026-05-20T20:20:27.923Z