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Trump to Nominate Schumer Aide Slaughter to FTC Seat

President Donald Trump intends to nominate Rebecca Slaughter, chief counsel to Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., to the vacant Democratic FTC seat, as expected (see 1802060039), the White House said late Monday. Slaughter has worked for Schumer since 2009,…

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advising him on competition, consumer protection, privacy, IP and telecom policy issues, among others. She previously was a Sidley Austin associate. Trump’s intended nomination of Slaughter comes weeks after the Senate Commerce Committee voted to advance four other FTC nominees, including antitrust lawyer Joseph Simons, whom Trump plans to designate chairman. The other nominees are former Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Assistant Director Rohit Chopra; Noah Phillips, aide to Senate Minority Whip John Cornyn, R-Texas; and Delta Air Lines' Christine Wilson. Schumer’s office didn’t immediately comment.