White House Interviewed Arquit for Potential FTC Chair: Politico

The Trump admin. recently interviewed Kevin Arquit, a partner at Kasowitz Benson Torres, as a possible candidate for FTC chair, Politico reports, citing two unidentified people with knowledge of the discussions.

• The White House declined to comment on the record, though an administration official told Politico in a statement that there are no ongoing interviews for FTC chair
• Arquit didn’t respond to calls and e-mails for comment: Politico
• NOTE: Arquit is a former general counsel at FTC; last year on Bloomberg TV, he cautioned against Democratic calls to break up big U.S. tech companies
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