WASHINGTON, Feb 12 (Reuters) - President Donald Trump has nominated an Apple AAPL.O executive to serve as the nation's top auto safety regulator overseeing a number of ongoing safety probes into Tesla TSLA.O.
Jonathan Morrison, who served as chief counsel of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration during the first Trump administration, has been nominated to serve as the agency's administrator, according to Senate records.
Last month, U.S. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy said he would allow an ongoing government probe into Tesla's advanced driver assistance system to continue.