President Trump said Thursday that he plans to nominate the son of late Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia to be the next Labor secretary. Trump said on Twitter that he will tap Eugene Scalia — a partner at the law firm Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher — to take over at the Department of Labor after the departure of former Secretary Alexander Acosta. “I am pleased to announce that it is my intention to nominate Gene Scalia as the new Secretary of Labor,” he wrote. “Gene has led a life of great success in the legal and labor field and is highly respected not only as a lawyer, but as a lawyer with great experience working with labor and everyone else.” Scalia has previously served as solicitor at the Department of Labor and at the Department of Justice, as a special assistant to the Attorney General. Trump added that Scalia “will be a great member” of the administration. Acosta was forced to resign as Labor secretary last week amid criticism of his handling of a sex trafficking case in Florida involving Jeffrey Epstein.
President Trump said Thursday that he plans to nominate the son of late Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia to be the next Labor secretary. Trump said on Twitter that he will tap Eugene Scalia — a partner at the law firm Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher — to take over at the Department of Labor after the departure of former Secretary Alexander Acosta. “I am pleased to announce that it is my intention to nominate Gene Scalia as the new Secretary of Labor,” he wrote. “Gene has led a life of great success in the legal and labor field and is highly respected not only as a lawyer, but as a lawyer with great experience working with labor and everyone else.” Scalia has previously served as solicitor at the Department of Labor and at the Department of Justice, as a special assistant to the Attorney General. Trump added that Scalia “will be a great member” of the administration. Acosta was forced to resign as Labor secretary last week amid criticism of his handling of a sex trafficking case in Florida involving Jeffrey Epstein.
0 Comments