Trump-Appointed FCC Chairman Ajit Pai Will Leave His Post in January

Named to his role in 2017, he oversaw the merger between T-Mobile and Sprint

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Federal Communications Commission chairman Ajit Pai announced today that he will step down on Jan. 20, 2021, the day of President-elect Joe Biden’s inauguration.

Pai, who was appointed to the FCC as a commissioner in 2012 by then-President Barack Obama, was elevated to chairman of the regulatory body in 2017 by President Donald Trump.

Over the last three years, Pai oversaw the merger of T-Mobile and Sprint, as well as a rollback of net neutrality rules established during the Obama administration in 2015, positioning himself as a champion of deregulation.

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