The Justice Department experienced significant upheaval with the firing of two high-ranking antitrust deputies, Roger Alford and Bill Rinner. Their termination was described as due to insubordination, though the specifics were not detailed. There are reports of internal conflict surrounding a merger influenced by allies of former President Donald Trump. The agency is responsible for critical antitrust cases, and this shakeup raises concerns about its future direction and effectiveness in handling tech monopoly issues.
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.
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