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FTC Commissioner (Democrat); one of three commissioners who voted on March 18, 2024 to authorize the Womply and Biz2Credit complaints; removed in 2025 and the named party in the resulting removal-power litigation.
Individuals whose conduct was challenged or called into question during or after the pandemic. See sources: Womply stipulated order, April 3, 2024 Biz2Credit stipulated order, March 20, 2024
Identity and role
Rebecca Kelly Slaughter — FTC Commissioner (Democrat) since May 2018; Acting Chair January–June 2021; reconfirmed for a second term in 2024 (FTC biography).
Biography / career arc
- Before: Yale; Harvard Law; litigation associate at Sidley Austin; chief counsel to Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer (FTC biography).
- During: on the Commission throughout the pandemic; Acting Chair in the first half of 2021. As one of three sitting Democratic commissioners on March 18, 2024, she voted to authorize the Womply and Biz2Credit complaints (FTC release: vote 3-0).
- After: removed by the White House on March 18, 2025 and sued (Washington Post capture); a district court ordered her reinstated on July 17, 2025 and the case reached the Supreme Court, which held 6-3 on June 29, 2026 that the FTC Act's for-cause limit on removing commissioners is unconstitutional and overruled Humphrey's Executor (CRS Legal Sidebar LSB11448, July 2, 2026).
Pandemic-relief / PPP-EIDL role
The pandemic-loan cases were authorized 3-0 on March 18, 2024 by the only three commissioners then seated: Lina Khan (Chair), Slaughter and Alvaro Bedoya (FTC release: vote 3-0). Slaughter was one of the three commissioners who sued OTO Analytics, Inc. d/b/a Womply and Toby Scammell, and one-third of the body that sued Biz2Credit and Itria Ventures.
Where they are now (2025–2026)
Her removal litigation is covered in the Wikipedia article Trump v. Slaughter (secondary); no later position is documented in a source we have.
Additional public-record notes
Lobbying & industry ties
No lobbying registrations. Senate-counsel and antitrust-litigation background.
Sources held in this archive
Original source documents and archived captures
- FTC release, Mar. 18, 2024 — Womply and Biz2Credit complaints (vote 3-0)
- FTC v. OTO Analytics — court-filed complaint (Womply), Mar. 18, 2024
- FTC v. OTO Analytics — stipulated order, Apr. 3, 2024
- FTC v. Biz2Credit — court-filed complaint, Mar. 18, 2024
- FTC v. Biz2Credit — stipulated order, Mar. 20, 2024
- Wikipedia — Trump v. Slaughter
- FTC — Commissioner Rebecca Kelly Slaughter biography
- Washington Post, "Democratic FTC members file suit challenging their firing" Mar. 27, 2025
Sources
- FTC — Commissioner Rebecca Kelly Slaughter biography: FTC — Commissioner Rebecca Kelly Slaughter biography (original: ftc.gov · stored capture)
- Wikipedia — Trump v. Slaughter: Wikipedia — Trump v. Slaughter (original: en.wikipedia.org · stored capture)
- Washington Post, "Democratic FTC members file suit challenging their firing" (Mar. 27, 2025): Washington Post, "Democratic FTC members file suit challenging their firing" Mar. 27, 2025 (original: washingtonpost.com · stored capture) (link now dead; copy taken from the Internet Archive, 29 May 2025)