Dec. 16, 2024
Trump's antitrust appointees expected to shift to some lighter enforcement
Andrew N. Ferguson, Trump's choice to replace Lina M. Khan as FTC chair, is a former clerk to Justice Clarence Thomas and chief counsel to outgoing Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-KY, who portrayed himself in a memo obtained by Punchbowl News as a Trump loyalist.
Antitrust attorneys and experts expect President-elect Donald Trump's new appointees to the U.S. Department of Justice and Federal Trade Commission to shift the government's policies toward lighter enforcement, although not when it comes to large technology companies.
Trump and other Republicans have attacked "Big Tech" for years, accusing Silicon Valley companies of censoring conservatives on their platforms. Several cases against Alphabet Inc. and Meta Platform...
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