Top DOJ Antitrust Officials Removed Over HPE-Juniper Settlement

Two senior Justice Department antitrust officials were ousted Monday amid infighting in the Trump administration over merger policy following a proposed deal to resolve concerns about Hewlett Packard Enterprise’s $13 billion takeover of Juniper Networks Inc.

Senate Democrats alleged the removals were the result of improper political influence and lawmakers are pushing the federal judge overseeing HPE’s acquisition to hold a lengthy review of the antitrust settlement.

Roger Alford, the top deputy to the Justice Department’s antitrust chief Gail Slater, and William Rinner, who led the department’s merger enforcement, were dismissed Monday, according to people familiar ...