An escalating war of words could distract from the Biden administration’s goal of aggressive antitrust enforcement.
and his Judiciary Committee staff of ethical breaches in a “campaign to intimidate and harass” the agency’s career staff after he threatened to subpoena a number of the rank-and-file attorneys.
“It’s clear that Chair Khan’s FTC is afraid of robust congressional oversight and answering for her radical policies and toxic work environment. The Committee’s oversight requests are no different than what we ask of other agencies under our jurisdiction — you have to wonder why Chair Khan is scared of transparency,” Dye said. “And the FTC is so unprofessional that we first learned about her inaccurate and misleading letter from the media rather than the agency itself.
Furthermore, Khan said in her letter that Jordan’s Judiciary staff sought these interviews without providing a detailed explanation of why they are needed and have refused to identify what specific information they believe they would be able to obtain from the FTC employees. “The Committee has refused to identify this need and lay the proper foundation for these unprecedented requests,” Khan said.
More than half of the 23 staffers supervise merger enforcement at the agency. Others include staff in technology enforcement, the general counsel’s office and congressional relations.
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