Chief Judge Jeffrey Kuntz of Florida's Fourth District Court of Appeals, nominated by President Donald Trump for a life-tenured federal judgeship, faced questions during a hearing before a U.S. Senate panel over a ruling he issued in favor of Trump in a defamation lawsuit brought against members of the Pulitzer Prize Board. Despite these questions, Kuntiz appears likely to have the support of the panel's Republican majority. He defended his decision not to recuse himself from the case, stating that he had no interest in the litigation and did not have an interest in it.