President Trump nominates three Kansas attorneys for vacancies on U.S. District Court

The Kansas Bureau of Investigation's director, the state's solicitor general and a Great Bend lawyer are President Trump's U.S. District Court nominees.

By: Tim Carpenter

Outlets: Kansas Reflector

Published: February 19, 2026

Words: 586

Last Updated: 2 weeks, 5 days ago

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TOPEKA — President Donald Trump nominated the director of the Kansas Bureau of Investigation, the state attorney general’s top appellate lawyer and a Great Bend attorney in private practice to fill three vacancies on the U.S. District Court in Kansas.

The president Wednesday nominated Tony Mattivi, director of the KBI since 2023 and a former prosecutor in the U.S. Department of Justice; Anthony Powell, the state’s solicitor general and a former member of the Kansas …

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