Bedoya Resigns From FTC, Remains Plaintiff in Trump Lawsuit
FTC Commissioner Alvaro Bedoya on Monday announced his resignation but said he will remain a plaintiff in a lawsuit against President Donald Trump’s recent firings of himself and Commissioner Rebecca Kelly Slaughter (see 2505230044).
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“I love this work,” Bedoya wrote on X. “But I’m not getting paid for it. Serving as an FTC commissioner is a dream job. But my number one job is to take care of my family. And so, as I have just informed the district court and the Presidential Personnel Office, I am stepping down from the Commission, effective immediately.”
Bedoya’s filing with the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia said Slaughter remains a commissioner and is seeking all previously requested relief. “Bedoya continues to seek any and all relief appropriate to his new circumstances, including a declaratory ruling from this Court that the President’s 'purported termination' without cause in violation of 15 U.S.C. § 41 was 'unlawful,'" the filing said.