The confirmation testimony expected on Wednesday for Makan Delrahim, who was nominated to head US Justice Department’s Antitrust Division, has been delayed by missing paperwork, Senator Charles Grassley said in a hearing.
“I’m disappointed we couldn’t go forward with Mr. Delrahim’s hearing this morning. We are still waiting on one piece of paperwork, which we understood we’d have by now. And I imagine that will be transmitted to us within another day or two, and we look forward to including him on our next hearing,” Grassley told the Senate Judiciary Committee.
Before going to work at the White House after Trump’s inauguration in January, Delrahim was a lobbyist with the law firm Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck, LLP.
One client in 2016 was health insurer Anthem, which this year lost a court fight with the Justice Department over whether it would be allowed to merge with Cigna. Anthem has appealed the loss.
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