Becker's Healthcare December 12, 2024
Patsy Newitt

President-elect Donald Trump will appoint Andrew Ferguson as chair of the Federal Trade Commission.

He will replace Lina Khan, who was sworn in on June 15, 2021.

Here are 10 things to know:

1. “Andrew has a proven record of standing up to big tech censorship, and protecting freedom of speech in our great country,” Mr. Trump said in a Dec. 10 Truth Social post. “Andrew will be the most America First, and pro-innovation FTC Chair in our country’s History.”

2. After earning his undergraduate and law degrees from Charlottesville-based University of Virginia, Mr. Ferguson clerked for Judge Karen Henderson on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit and U.S. Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas.

3. On...

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