Meta hires former Trump official as chief legal officer

C.J. Mahoney, Meta's new chief legal officer and a former Trump administration official.

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• Meta hired C.J. Mahoney, a former Trump administration official, as chief legal officer.
• He replaces Jennifer Newstead, who is leaving Meta to become Apple's general counsel.
• The move comes as Meta faces continued regulatory scrutiny worldwide.

Meta has hired C.J. Mahoney, a former senior Microsoft legal executive and onetime Trump administration official...