Jul 18, 2019

Trump to nominate Eugene Scalia as labor secretary

Gigi Sukin

Eugene Scalia gets encouragement from Sen. Kit Bond before Scalia's conformation hearing in 2001. Photo: Tom Williams/Roll Call/Getty Images

President Trump tweeted on Thursday evening his intention to nominate Gene Scalia as the new secretary of labor.

Details: Scalia, 55, is the son of late Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia. A source told NPR that Trump offered the job to Scalia, and he accepted. He is a partner at a Washington, D.C.-based law firm where he focuses on labor and employment. He worked as an assistant to Attorney General William Barr in the 1990s.

Flashback: Alex Acosta resigned as head of the U.S. Department of Labor last week after facing scrutiny for his handling the Jeffrey Epstein case.

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