WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden is nominating three individuals to the federal court in Miami, a venue that has seen a series of high-profile cases, including Bush v. Gore, the Elián González saga and the ongoing prosecution of Donald Trump.
Judges Jacqueline Becerra and Melissa Damian, both U.S. magistrate judges, are being nominated to sit on the United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida. Becerra is currently overseeing a case involving the prosecution of a suspect involved in the assassination of Haitian President Jovenel Moïse.
David Leibowitz, a corporate attorney in Miami for the past decade, is also being nominated to the Southern District court. The nephew of Norman Braman — a billionaire with a car dealership empire throughout South Florida — Leibowitz has been a top choice of Republican Sen. Marco Rubio for a seat on the bench ever since the Trump administration. Braman is one of Rubio’s most prominent benefactors.
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