The White House has withdrawn President Donald Trump’s nomination of economist E.J. Antoni to lead the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), according to a White House official and an AP source who spoke on condition of anonymity. The decision has not yet been publicly announced. The formal paperwork withdrawing Antoni’s …
Read More »Trump Nominee for Labor Statistics Post Was on Capitol Grounds During Jan. 6 Attack
President Donald Trump’s choice to lead the Bureau of Labor Statistics was on the Capitol grounds during the Jan. 6, 2021, attack, appearing in multiple videos of the crowd taken shortly before rioters breached the building. The White House insists the nominee, conservative economist E.J. Antoni, was merely a bystander …
Read More »Trump Nominates Conservative Economist E.J. Antoni to Lead Bureau of Labor Statistics
President Donald Trump on Monday nominated E.J. Antoni, chief economist at the conservative Heritage Foundation, to head the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the agency that compiles and releases the nation’s key employment and inflation data. “Our economy is booming, and E.J. will ensure that the numbers released are HONEST and …
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