Trump Pick to Oversee DOJ Civil Matters Unprepared to Defend His “Two-For-One” Deregulation Order
President Trump’s nominee to oversee major regulatory organs at the Department of Justice wasn’t prepared on Tuesday to defend one of his first executive orders on federal rulemaking—the “two-for-one” decree requiring two old regulations to be repealed before a new one is implemented. Rachel Brand, Trump’s pick to be Associate Attorney General, told Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) that she wasn’t sure if the Jan. 30 order complies with federal law. “Any regulatory action taken by any agency of the government has to comply with the…