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

The abrupt firing of 2 high-ranking antitrust officials this week is signaling upheaval astatine an bureau liable for arguing immoderate of the biggest tech monopoly cases successful decades.

Two apical deputies to Department of Justice Antitrust Division main Gail Slater were fired earlier this week for what a DOJ authoritative would lone explicate arsenic "insubordination" successful an unattributed statement. Antitrust commercialized work MLex reported that termination letters for Roger Alford and Bill Rinner, who besides served successful the archetypal Trump administration, did not notation the crushed for their firing. (Alford later posted a transcript of his letter, which helium said helium framed and …

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