Kavanaugh Pal, Meta's 'Most Prominent Republican,' Will Run Company's Global Public Policy

Joel Kaplan, the former George W. Bush adviser known for his outspoken support of Brett Kavanaugh's nomination to the Supreme Court, is being promoted to head of the global policy team at Meta (formerly Facebook), where he has worked since 2011.

Kaplan, who served as an artillery officer in the Marine Corps and clerked for the late Justice Antonin Scalia, has been described as Meta’s "most prominent Republican." He has been close friends with Kavanaugh since 1998 and sat behind the justice...