By David McLaughlin and Benjamin Bain, Bloomberg News
President Donald Trump is poised to nominate Makan Delrahim, a former Justice Department lawyer and counsel to the Senate Judiciary Committee, to lead the department’s antitrust division, according to people familiar with the matter.
Trump recently gave final approval to Delrahim’s nomination, one of the people said. The decision could be announced as soon as next week, a second person said.
Currently working as a deputy in the Office of White House Counsel, Delrahim has been advising on the nomination of Neil Gorsuch to the Supreme Court.
Delrahim would take over the ...
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