FAA Nominee Denies Wrongdoing as Senators Weigh Allegations (1)

President Joe Biden’s nominee to lead the Federal Aviation Administration defended himself after being named in a search warrant in Los Angeles, a development that could complicate his path to confirmation.

“All the allegations are false,” Phil Washington told Bloomberg at an Air Line Pilots Association conference in Washington, D.C., on Thursday.

Biden nominated Washington in July to lead the agency responsible for aviation safety and air traffic control. The Senate committee that oversees the FAA hasn’t scheduled Washington’s nomination hearing, but its top Republican member said the process will require “additional scrutiny.”

Phil Washington at Los Angeles Metro headquarters when his hiring as CEO was announced on March 12, 2015.

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