WASHINGTON — One of President Trump’s most controversial judicial nominees did not disclose on publicly available congressional documents that he is married to a senior lawyer in the White House Counsel’s Office. 
 
 The nominee, Brett J. Talley, is awaiting a Senate confirmation vote that could come as early as Monday to become a federal district judge in Alabama. He is married to Ann Donaldson, the chief of staff to the White House counsel, Donald F. McGahn II. 
 
 Mr. Talley was asked on his publicly released Senate questionnaire to identify family members and others who are “likely to present potential conflicts of interest.” He did not mention his wife. 
 
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 (CNN) President Donald Trump's nominee for an Alabama federal court judgeship is being criticized for not disclosing in his confirmation process his wife's role in the White House. 
 
 Brett Talley did not disclose his wife's position as chief of staff for White House Counsel Donald McGahn on his Senate questionnaire, according to The New York Times. 
 
 Sen. Dianne Feinstein, the top Democrat on the Senate judiciary committee, said the full Senate should not consider Talley's nomination until he explains why he failed to disclose the potential conflict of interest. 
 
 "By failing to disclose that his wife is one of President Trump's lawyers," Feinstein said in a statement, "Talley has betrayed his obligation to be open and transparent with the Senate and American people." 
 
 The Senate judiciary committee advanced Talley's nomination along a party-line vote Thursday and a full Senate vote is expected soon. 
 
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 WASHINGTON (AP) — The top Democrat on the Senate Judiciary Committee says a nominee to an Alabama federal judgeship has made a "glaring omission" by failing to disclose to the Senate that his wife works as a White House lawyer and has been interviewed by special counsel Robert Mueller. 
 
 California Democrat Dianne Feinstein says Brett Talley needs to answer additional questions about a potential conflict of interest. 
 
 Talley's wife, Ann Donaldson, has reportedly been interviewed by Mueller, which Feinstein says represents "a clear conflict of interest that should have been disclosed." 
 
 The Judiciary panel approved Talley on a party-line vote last week despite his having received a rare "unqualified" rating by the American Bar Association. The 36-year-old has never tried a case.
– One of President Trump's nominee for a federal judgeship is taking flak from Democrats for failing to mention a potential conflict of interest—the fact that his wife, Ann Donaldson, is one of Trump's senior White House lawyers. Brett Talley failed to mention in the Senate questionnaire for judicial nominees that his wife is chief of staff to the White House Counsel Donald McGahn, who has been helping Trump fill judicial positions, the New York Times reports. Sen. Dianne Feinstein, the top Democrat on the Senate Judiciary Committee, says Talley made a "glaring omission" by failing to mention his wife's position and the fact that she has been interviewed by special counsel Robert Mueller, the AP reports. The judiciary committee advanced Talley's nomination for an Alabama judgeship last week and a full Senate vote is expected soon. His wife's job was "no secret," said Taylor Foy, a spokesman for the GOP-controlled committee, per CNN. "She was sitting behind Mr. Talley at his nominations hearing. Anyone who had any concerns about his wife's occupation could have raised them at the hearing." Talley's nomination was already controversial: The 36-year-old has never tried a case and he received a rare "not qualified" rating from the American Bar Association. According to a 2014 Washington Post profile, his side projects include writing horror novels and moonlighting as a paranormal detective.