An investigation by the Education Department's Office of Civil Rights is underway, presenting a potential conflict of interest if Muniz is confirmed." Let's hope some ethics come into this decision. "The Associated Press reports that as a top aide to Florida's attorney general, Carlos Muniz helped defend the office's decision to sit out legal action against Trump Univ.. Now Trump is naming him to be the top lawyer in the U.S. Education Dep't.!." Emails reviewed by The AP show that in 2013 Muniz, was included in discussions about student complaints alleging fraud with Trump's namesake real-estate seminars; Muniz, now in private practice, has also been the lead attorney defending Florida State University in a lawsuit by a former student who said the school failed to investigate her sexual assaultby the star quarterback of the Seminoles' 2013 national championship football team."