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Antitrust
House Committee on Oversight and Accountability Investigates FTC Chair Khan’s Ethical Failings
On June 1, House Committee on Oversight and Accountability Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) sent a letter requesting a broad swath of documents from Federal Trade Commission (FTC) Chair Lina Khan. This investigation will evaluate the allegations of recently resigned FTC Commissioner Christine Wilson. In her Wall Street Journal op-ed detailing the reasons she…
Antitrust
Remote Worker Lina Khan Sends Staff to Europe to Undermine American Companies and Consumers
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and Department of Justice (DOJ) Antitrust Division have officially shipped personnel to Brussels to provide assistance to the European Union in implementing the Digital Markets Act (DMA). This marks the beginning of formal collusion between the FTC/DOJ and European bureaucrats to undermine American companies via…
Antitrust
Klobuchar Tries Once Again To Give Broad Powers to Lina Khan’s FTC
Over the past few years, Senator Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.) has devoted her tenure in Congress to pushing through radical antitrust legislation to boost her progressive credentials, despite zero genuine public support for any of her extremist proposals. Now, Senator Klobuchar is at it again, attempting to co-opt an isolated mishap with…
Antitrust
Lina Khan’s Latest Stunt is Yet Another Indicator That the FTC is Off the Rails
FTC Chair Lina Khan has announced that the agency is unilaterally tightening a 2020 consent decree on social media company Meta, imposing severe and unprecedented restrictions on the platform. This announcement is yet another step towards Khan’s ultimate goal of putting every American business in a “Mother-May-I” relationship with…
Antitrust
18 Months Later, Khan Has The Same Answers for Her Staff, With No New Results
At last week’s House hearing into the practices of Federal Trade Commission (FTC) Chair Lina Khan, she fulsomely praised her staffers, saying “none of this work would have been possible without the extraordinary efforts of the FTC staff.” However, at today’s House Appropriations subcommittee hearing, Khan’s insincerity towards workers was…
Antitrust
Rep. Duncan Exposes FTC Chair Khan’s Collusion with European Regulators
FTC (Federal Trade Commission) Chair Lina Khan has worked overtime to smash bipartisan norms and grow her power during her tenure. She has “abused her statutory authorities” by using a consent decree over Twitter to request a list of journalists that has worked with the agency to intimidate…
Antitrust
Khan Reveals That She “Handpicked” Controversial Unpaid Consultants
Today, FTC (Federal Trade Commission) Chair Lina Khan and her fellow agency commissioners faced questions from the House Energy and Commerce Committee Subcommittee on Innovation, Data, and Commerce to determine whether Congress ought to approve her budget request of $160 million more than 2023. For context, this request is $60…
Antitrust
“Cash-Strapped” FTC and DOJ Choosing To Use Resources To Help Europeans Attack American Companies
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) Chair Lina Khan and Department of Justice Assistant Attorney General Jonathan Kanter have consistently pestered Congress for more taxpayer dollars. In their most recent testimonies, Khan complained that the FTC “continue[s] to lack sufficient funding” and Kanter bemoaned that the DOJ is facing “some of the…