Here are the top contenders Trump is vetting to replace FTC Chair Lina Khan: sources

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Here are the top contenders Trump is vetting to replace FTC Chair Lina Khan: sources
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Trump has assembled a shortlist of candidates to replace FTC Chair Lina Khan – including top JD Vance aide Gail Slater and current commissioner Andrew Ferguson, sources told The Post.

President-elect Donald Trump has assembled a shortlist of candidates to replace Lina Khan as chair of the Federal Trade Commission – including top JD Vance aide Gail Slater and current FTC commissioner Andrew Ferguson, sources familiar with the matter told The Post.

“My gut is that it’s Gail,” one source familiar with the situation said. “She’s at the center of this. She’s a Vance person but acceptable to the business community.”Trump meets with Scott Bessent as as Kudlow withdraws from race for top economic roles The GOP is currently divided into two camps – one that prefers a more traditional business-friendly approach to enforcement and the other that wants a crackdown on Big Tech and other monopolistic corporations.

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