washington lawyer nominate president donald trump serve federal judge withdraw consideration monday video senate confirmation hear show unable provide answer rudimentary legal question go viral last week trump accept matthew petersen offer withdraw nomination district court judge washington white house official say petersen republican member federal election commission become late trump judicial nominations fail president seek win confirmation judge make federal judiciary conservative see cousin vinny qualify federal judge republican senator john kennedy grill petersen dec. 13 confirmation hear tell wwl-tv refer 1992 comedy film novice lawyer kennedy critical trump judicial nominees ask several basic legal question petersen could answer video show cable news show widely view internet honor nominate position become clear past days nomination become distraction fair administration petersen write withdrawal letter trump hop nearly two decades public service might carry weight two bad minutes television petersen add petersen become third trump judicial pick whose nomination founder past week republican senator chuck grassley chairman senate judiciary committee say last week trump nominations jeff mateer brett talley would move forward face criticism controversial statements talley report online magazine slate post online sympathetic comment early history ku klux klan kkk white supremacist group also fail disclose wife work white house counsel office overseas judicial nominations mateer run trouble 2015 speeches include one refer transgender children part satan plan cnn report despite setbacks trump make significant progress fill vacancies federal court conservative judge include 12 important court appeal also appoint justice neil gorsuch fill vacancy supreme court restore high court conservative majority trump judicial nominee withdraw consideration