Trump's Justice Department antitrust head Gail Slater stepping down
The Trump administration's head of the Justice Department's antitrust division said Thursday she is stepping down less than a year after being appointed by President Donald Trump. Gail Slater, who was confirmed in March to head the division, enforces laws against illegal monopolies and anticompetitive business behavior, said on X it was "with great sadness and abiding hope" that she was leaving on Thursday.
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The Trump administration's head of the Justice Department's antitrust division said Thursday she is stepping down less than a year after being appointed by President Donald Trump.
Gail Slater, who was confirmed in March to head the division, enforces laws against illegal monopolies and anticompetitive business behavior, said on X it was "with great sadness and abiding hope" that she was leaving on Thursday. "It was indeed the honor of a lifetime to serve in this role."
In July, Reuters reported two of Slater's deputies were fired for insubordination after a settlement greenlighting Hewlett Packard Enterprise's $14 billion acquisition of Juniper Networks. The move exposed a power struggle within President Donald Trump's administration between proponents of robust antitrust enforcement and dealmakers seeking to leverage influence.
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