White House Withdraws EJ Antoni’s Nomination to Lead Bureau of Labor Statistics

The White House has withdrawn economist EJ Antoni’s nomination to lead the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the White House confirmed on Sept. 30.
A White House official noted that President Donald Trump will announce a new nominee to lead the bureau “very soon.”
“Dr. EJ Antoni is a brilliant economist and an American patriot that will continue to do good work on behalf of our great country,” the White House official said. “President Trump is committed to fixing the longstanding failures at the BLS that have undermined the public’s trust in critical economic data.”
Dr. Kevin Roberts, president of The Heritage Foundation and Heritage Action, said in a statement to The Epoch Times that Antoni would have been well-suited to lead the bureau, calling him “one of the sharpest economic minds in the country.”…