Judge Reinstates FTC Commissioner Whom Trump Sought to Fire (1)
A federal judge reinstated FTC Commissioner Rebecca Kelly Slaughter in a Thursday ruling, months after President Donald Trump sought to fire her and Democratic colleague Alvaro Bedoya.“The law on the removal of FTC Commissioners is clear,” Judge Loren L. AliKhan of the US District Court for the District of Columbia said, declaring that Slaughter “remains a rightful member of the Federal Trade Commission until the expiration of her Senate-confirmed term on September 25, 2029.”The ruling applied a...
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