Fired FTC commissioner formally resigns [View all]
Source: Politico
06/09/2025 04:16 PM EDT
A Democratic member of the Federal Trade Commission who refused to accept his March firing by President Donald Trump has resigned his post. Alvaro Bedoya submitted a letter to the White House Monday saying he is immediately stepping down — a move that comes months after Trump fired him and fellow Democratic Commissioner Rebecca Kelly Slaughter.
Bedoya and Slaughter were part of an unprecedented wave of firings across federal agencies in which Trump has specifically targeted Democratic members of independent commissions. Bedoya and Slaughter both sued to overturn their March dismissal in federal court, arguing the president fired them for political reasons, a case Bedoya said he will continue to pursue.
“While being an FTC commissioner is a dream job, my number one job is to take care of my family,” Bedoya told POLITICO last week in an exclusive interview. “We’ve been abiding by the ethical restriction that we understand to apply to commissioners, so I haven’t taken another job, I haven’t accepted outside income.”
He said he’s leaving not to abandon the fight, but to be legally able to take another job.
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