Judge van Keulen was appointed by Trump.
Someone needs to tell Wikipedia.
Judge van Keulen was appointed on January 3, 2017.
[1][2][3] She filled the San Jose position vacated by former U.S. Magistrate Judge Paul Grewal, who left the bench to join Facebook in June 2016.[2][4] Judge van Keulen's chambers are currently based in the San Jose division of the Northern District of California.[7]
Trump wasn't sworn in until January 20, 2017. And I bet it was highly unusual for any POTUS to appoint anybody to anything after a new POTUS gets elected. But Barry Sotor sure got busy in November on...