Trump nominates FTC chair and commissioner

Charles McConnell

20 October 2017

Credit: wikimedia/Carol M. Highsmith

President Donald Trump yesterday nominated Joseph Simons to lead the Federal Trade Commission and tapped Rohit Chopra to serve as a Democratic commissioner; he also plans to nominate Noah Phillips as a Republican commissioner.

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Charles McConnell

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