Eric Tung is President Trump’s nominee for a vacant seat on the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals.

A Woodland Hills native, Tung made a name for himself as a champion of the cryptocurrency industry.

Tung is a conservative known to be pro-gun and anti-abortion.

He’s never held public office or donned a judge’s robes, but an arch-conservative Los Angeles County attorney is racing toward confirmation on the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals, accelerating the once-liberal court’s sharp rightward turn under President Trump.

A competitive target shooter with a background in a cryptocurrency, Eric Tung was approached by the White House Counsel’s Office on March 28 to replace Judge Sandra Segal Ikuta, a Bush appointee and one of the court’s most prominent conservatives, who is taking senior status.

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