Trump Administration Yanks BLS Pick E.J. Antoni’s Nomination After KFile Exposé

David Gilmour Oct 1st, 2025, 8:41 am

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The White House has withdrawn President Donald Trump’s pick to lead the Bureau of Labor Statistics, just weeks after the president forced out its previous commissioner over jobs figures he claimed — without evidence — were “rigged.”

E.J. Antoni , a Heritage Foundation economist, was tapped by Trump in August and hailed in a Truth Social post as a “Highly Respected Economist.”

But his nomination collapsed after CNN’s unearthed a now-deleted Twitter account filled with sexually charged attacks on Kamala Harris and disparaging posts aimed at gay people.

Speaking to CNN, Sen. Bill Cassidy , Republican chair of the Senate Health, Education, Lab

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