The following article by Mark Hand was posted on the ThinkProgress website January 8, 2018:
Kevin McIntyre worked almost 30 years as an energy industry attorney.
By choosing a longtime corporate attorney to head the nation’s top energy regulatory agency, President Donald Trump stuck to his practice of nominating officials riddled with potential conflicts of interest to high-ranking roles in the U.S. government.
As a partner with Jones Day, a prominent Washington, D.C. law firm, Kevin McIntyre’s ties to energy companies that fall under the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission’s (FERC) jurisdiction were so numerous and ran so deep that his swearing-in as chairman of the agency was delayed to give him more time to sever the relationships. Continue reading “Trump picks another official with potential conflicts of interest for powerful regulatory role”