Talley has been nominated for a seat on the US District Court for the Middle District of Alabama, and is already facing criticism this week for a disclosure-related issue: The New York Times reported on Monday that Talley failed to include in his Senate questionnaire that he is married to a lawyer in the White House counsel's office, Ann Donaldson. The questionnaire asks nominees to disclose family members who are “likely to present potential conflicts of interest."

The questionnaire also asks nominees to list "published material you have written or edited, including material published only on the Internet." Talley listed posts he wrote for the blog Government in Exile and noted that he had also blogged on his personal website about horror writing. His posts on Government in Exileimagine that would have stopped what happened in Connecticut is if every one of the teachers was armed with a gun and trained in how to use it." BamainBoston appears to have edited at least two posts this year. On Jan. 24, 2012, BamainBoston published a post about a book the user had written being nominated for a Bram Stoker Award. That year, Talley was nominated for a Bram Stoker Award for one of his novels. The Jan. 24, 2012, post, and another one published by BamainBoston in the same thread two days later, were edited on June 28, 2017, by BamainBoston, according to the website — the same day Talley indicated in his Senate questionnaire that he met with Alabama Sens. Richard Shelby and Luther Strange about