Trump Plans to Nominate FTC's Ohlhausen as Federal Claims Court Judge
President Donald Trump plans to nominate acting FTC Chairman Maureen Ohlhausen as a judge on the U.S. Court of Federal Claims, the White House announced Tuesday evening. Trump announced in October that he planned to nominate Paul Weiss antitrust lawyer…
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Joseph Simons as FTC chairman, raising new questions about how long Ohlhausen would choose to remain (see 1710190001 and 1710190055). The White House has yet to formally submit nominations for Simons and two other intended nominees to the FTC -- former Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Assistant Director Rohit Chopra and Noah Phillips, chief counsel to Senate Majority Whip John Cornyn, R-Texas -- to the Senate. Ohlhausen said she will remain at the FTC until the Senate confirms her to the judgeship.