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Meta hires former Trump official as chief legal officer
Business Insider· 2026-01-06 18:43
Meta has hired C.J. Mahoney, a former senior Microsoft legal executive and onetime Trump administration official, as its next chief legal officer, Axios reported. Mahoney will replace Jennifer Newstead, who announced in December that she would leave Meta after more than five years to become Apple's general counsel. Mahoney is set to start on Wednesday and will report directly to CEO Mark Zuckerberg, the Axios report said.Meta and Mahoney did not immediately respond to requests for comment from Business Ins ...