Justice Department drama clouds White House’s antitrust approach

Justice Department drama clouds White House’s antitrust approach

A bitter tug-of-war over antitrust enforcement is testing the White House’s dual impulses to challenge tech companies’ consolidation and to simply back big American business.Capitol Forum reported today that acting associate attorney general Chad Mizelle overruled Justice Department antitrust chief Gail Slater to approve HPE’s $14 billion takeover of Juniper Networks. The argument turned bitter when Slater’s team reportedly pushed HPE to dispens…