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Gail Slater, the Justice Department’s antitrust official, announced Thursday that she is leaving her post, just weeks before the agency’s next major technology monopoly. A trial against entertainment giant Live Nation Scheduled to start.
“It is with great sadness and eternal hope that I leave my role as AAG Antitrust Chair today,” Slater said. Posted from her personal account. Slater thanked the Antitrust Division staff and described the role as “the honor of a lifetime.” In a statement, District Attorney Pam Bondi thanked Slater for her service, but did not directly answer questions about why she was leaving or who would take over as acting chief of the department.
Slater nomination She got the position shortly after Trump’s election with bipartisan support, but so did her time at the Justice Department It was characterized by internal conflict. Last year, two of her top deputies were fired amid a clash with Chad Mizell, Bondi’s then-chief of staff, over… The stated role of lobbyists In approving the integration of wireless networks. The Department of Justice claimed at the time that Roger Alford and Bill Reiner were fired for “insubordination,” however Alford spoke later About what he called “MAGA lobbyists in name only” that he said were empowered by select officials from the Justice Department who “perverted justice and acted inconsistent with the rule of law.”
Slater’s time at the Justice Department was marked by internal strife
Recently, Slater was “sidelined”. From negotiations with executives and lobbyists for Live Nation as the March 2 trial date approaches, traffic lights I mentioned. Instead, senior Justice Department officials were reportedly communicating with company representatives. An unnamed spokesman for the Ministry of Justice said traffic lights While its report “contains misleading information about an ongoing matter considered confidential, what can be said is that AAG Slater is deeply involved.”