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Former Landing Team Member Went to Work for FCC as Part of Trump Beachhead

Atlanta attorney Carolyn Roddy, a member of the Trump transition's FCC landing team who went to the work for the FCC and then left (see 1708100047), said Monday the brevity of her service was expected. Roddy told us that after…

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serving on the transition team, she joined the agency as part of an administration “beachhead team.” Roddy said other parts of the government got similar staff as part of a four-month transition starting when President Donald Trump took office in January. “I was technically assigned to the Wireless Bureau,” she said. “It was always understood that it would be 120 days.” Key staff positions have been filled at the FCC and Chairman Ajit Pai has an agenda, she said: “There was no reason for me to be extended.” Roddy is back in Atlanta in private practice.