With Omeed Assefi in Charge, America First Antitrust Is Alive and Well |
Democrats and Trump-critical Republicans are equally eager to expose the president as a fake populist whose only true allegiance is to the wealthy and powerful. But they couldn’t be more wrong.
When Justice Department antitrust czar Gail Slater resigned last month, both groups saw another opportunity to push that false narrative.
Slater became a rising star in the new administration by articulating and pursuing an “America First Antitrust” agenda that broke from the pro-corporate approach of her GOP-appointed predecessors.
Her departure after repeated clashes with Attorney General Pam Bondi led observers from both sides of the aisle to conclude that “corporate influence” was “corroding the populist antitrust movement,” Politico reported.
MAGA influencer Laura Loomer lamented that “Big Tech is winning.” Former Biden DOJ official Reed Showalter proclaimed “the end of … populist antitrust in the Trump administration.”
As it turns out, however, reports of America First Antitrust’s demise have been greatly exaggerated.
Omeed Assefi, who replaced Slater on an acting basis, began his late March remarks at George Washington Law School........