On Tuesday, November 18, 2025, President Trump nominated M. Carter Crow to serve as the General Counsel of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC). 

The General Counsel of the EEOC is responsible for bringing civil legal charges against employers who discriminated against or harassed employees on the basis of gender, race, or other protected characteristics. Trump fired the previous Biden-appointed General Counsel, Karla Gilbride, in January 2025. The formal role of General Counsel has been technically vacant since then. After this, Andrew Rogers served in the role of Acting General Counsel, until he was nominated and confirmed as the Wage & Hour Division’s Administrator at the Department of Labor, and moved agencies. The duties of the role are currently being carried out by Catherine Eschbach, who currently in the role of principal deputy general counsel at the EEOC.

The EEOC itself recently regained quorum, meaning they have the minimum required number of Senate-confirmed Commissioners to rule on cases, after several months without quorum when Trump also fired 2 of the Democratic Commissioners. Under the leadership of Trump administration appointee Angela Lucas, the EEOC has redirected its application and enforcement of civil rights law; for instance, the EEOC has targeted private sector hiring initiatives focused on improving diversity and workplace inclusion, and has deprioritized the agency’s policy to protect trans workers from gender-based harassment.