By BERNARD CONDON, Related Press
NEW YORK (AP) — The highest antitrust official within the Trump administration is leaving her publish amid rigidity about greenlighting massive mergers in current months.
Gail Slater, the Justice Division’s assistant legal professional common for antitrust, posted on X Thursday that it was with “nice disappointment” that she was leaving after only a 12 months within the position. The transfer comes after a back-and-forth selections about whether or not to permit Hewlett Packard Enterprises to purchase a rival within the telecommunications networking gear enterprise final 12 months.
The Justice Division initially tried to dam the $14 billion take care of Juniper Networks, arguing in a lawsuit the 2 would management 70% of the market within the business, a dominance that “threatens larger costs and fewer innovation.” However the swimsuit was quickly settled, and the merger allowed to undergo.
Slater’s position reviewing offers was thrown into the highlight once more just lately when President Donald Trump introduced he would personally look at Netflix’s proposed buy of Warner Bros. Discovery. Trump later backed away from inserting himself right into a course of usually dealt with by Justice, promising to not become involved.
Slater, previously a lawyer at Fox Company and Roku, labored as a coverage adviser to vice presidential candidate JD Vance within the months earlier than the election.
