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Trump's Justice Department antitrust head Gail Slater stepping down
Gail Slater resigned amid internal disputes over enforcement of major mergers, including a $14 billion deal, less than a year after her March 2025 confirmation.
- Gail Slater was confirmed in March to head the Justice Department's antitrust division, but announced her departure on Thursday after less than a year in the role.
- Slater's move throws the division into uncertainty as companies facing antitrust probes have hired Trump-connected lobbyists to influence case outcomes.
- The Justice Department initially tried to block Hewlett Packard Enterprise's $14 billion acquisition of Juniper Networks, but Trump later backed away from inserting himself into the process.
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US government’s antitrust chief ousted
The Justice Department’s antitrust chief was pushed out after a series of lost battles against senior Trump administration officials pushing a lighter regulatory touch. “It is with great sadness and abiding hope that I leave my role,” Gail Slater announced on X Thursday morning.Semafor has reported on weeks of mounting tensions between Slater’s more populist bent and let’s-make-a-deal DOJ brass. Settlement talks with ticketing giant Live Nation …
The head of the antitrust division at the US Department of Justice, Gail Slater, has resigned from the position she held for less than a year, US media reported, adding that it was the result of an internal struggle between antitrust advocates and influence peddlers.
Trump officials oust Abigail Slater as DOJ's anti-trust chief, sources say
Top Trump administration officials had decided to oust Justice Department anti-trust chief Abigail Slater and had discussions with her shortly before she announced on social media that she was leaving the department, sources told CBS News. Slater didn’t cite a reason for her departure in her statement on X. She had lost the trust of Attorney General Pam Bondi and Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche, according to multiple sources familiar with t…
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