Democrats Pressure DOJ Watchdog to Probe Antitrust Cases (1)

Democrats asked a watchdog to investigate whether Department of Justice leaders were unduly influenced when it came to enforcing antitrust laws.

In a letter to William M. Blier, the department’s acting inspector general, sent Wednesday night, the lawmakers expressed concern about seven antitrust cases handled by the department in the last year in which corporate interests secured more favorable outcomes after hiring advisers with close ties to the Trump administration or then-Attorney General Pam Bondi.

Coupled with February’s ouster of the agency’s antitrust chief Gail Slater — who had reportedly clashed repeatedly with other political appointees at the department — ...