Trump Plans to Name NTIA's Simington to Replace O'Rielly at FCC
President Donald Trump intends to nominate NTIA Senior Adviser Nathan Simington to replace Commissioner Mike O’Rielly at the FCC, the White House announced Tuesday night. O’Rielly’s future at the commission has been in limbo for more than a month since Trump revoked his renomination. Several top Senate Republicans have gone to bat to convince the president to reverse that decision.
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Simington recently emerged as a front-runner to replace O’Rielly, after the White House decided against naming fellow NTIA Senior Adviser Carolyn Roddy, lobbyists told us. Simington joined NTIA in June and has been working on spectrum allocation and internet freedom issues. He’s a former senior counsel for wireless distributor Brightstar and was an associate at Chapman and Cutler, Kirkland & Ellis and Mayer Brown.
Simington didn’t comment. O’Rielly’s office didn’t immediately comment.