WASHINGTON (CBSNewYork/AP) — The Senate on Thursday confirmed New York Jets owner Woody Johnson to be the U.S. ambassador to the United Kingdom.
The votes came as the Senate cleared the deck of dozens of nominees as it recessed for August.
Johnson, a businessman and philanthropist whose family founded the Johnson & Johnson corporation, was a major contributor to Trump’s campaign, served as vice chairman of Trump’s victory committee and was a member of his inaugural committee, to which he donated $1 million.
Johnson bought the Jets in 2000, but the franchise has had mixed results ever since and has failed to end its nearly half-century world-championship drought.