President Donald Trump named Andrew Rogers acting general counsel of the EEOC, filling a key post that will help the new administration move forward more aggressively on its agenda at the civil rights agency.
Amid agency leadership upheaval, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission announced on Tuesday the former chief counsel to recently-appointed Acting EEOC Chair Andrea Lucas, has been tapped for the role.
He’ll replace former top EEOC attorney Karla Gilbride, who had been nominated for the position by former President Joe Biden. Trump fired Gilbride last week along with two of the EEOC’s three Democratic commissioners.
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