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The enforcer that could break up Apple and Google is facing upheaval

The sudden firing of two high-ranking antitrust officials this week is signaling upheaval at an agency responsible for arguing some of the biggest tech monopoly cases in decades.

Two top deputies to Department of Justice Antitrust Division chief Gail Slater were fired earlier this week for what a DOJ official would only explain as “insubordination” in an unattributed statement. Antitrust trade publication MLex reported that termination letters for Roger Alford and Bill Rinner, who also served in the first Trump administration, did not mention the reason for their firing. (Alford later posted a copy of his letter, which he said he framed and …

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Original Source: https://www.theverge.com/policy/717303/justice-department-antitrust-division-slater-alford-rinner-firing

Original Source: https://www.theverge.com/policy/717303/justice-department-antitrust-division-slater-alford-rinner-firing

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