Wheeler Cites 'Good Meetings' With Trump Transition Team, Eisenach
FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler confirmed he met with Trump transition team members. Responding to a reporter's question, Wheeler said he had two meetings, one with the FCC transition team of President-elect Donald Trump and a separate one with Jeffrey Eisenach,…
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a member of the team. "They were good meetings," said Wheeler, at his Thursday news conference after his last FCC commissioners' meeting (see 1612150034). "It’s not my role to talk about what happened in those meetings. If they want to talk about that, that's great," he said. The Trump transition and its FCC "landing team" members didn't comment. Wheeler said the commission designated two staffers as transition contacts and set up an office for Trump team members. "I made clear to them that if there were any issues that came up along the way, that I was the guy to call first," he said. Trump team members also met this week with Commissioner Mignon Clyburn, an aide told us. Aides to other commissioners didn't comment.