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President Donald Trump says he plans to tap Chad Meredith, a former state solicitor general in Kentucky, for a federal judgeship in the state. Meredith’s home-state senator, Kentucky’s Rand Paul,  opposed the nomination three years ago when he was almost nominated by former President Joe Biden. At the time, Paul said he would not allow the nomination to move forward because it was a “secret deal” between the White House and former Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell. But now, Paul says he will support the nominee. Trump made the announcement in a social media post Wednesday night.