President-elect Donald Trump said at the 2023 Conservative Political Action Conference, “I am your warrior, I am your justice, and for those who have been wronged and betrayed, I am your retribution.” Well, as the old saying goes, people are policy, and Trump’s recent picks of populist, pro-consumer watchdogs who believe in equality under the law to serve at the Justice Department are proving that he meant every word of what he said then.

On Dec. 4, Trump nominated Gail Slater, an Oxford-trained attorney, to serve as the leader of the DOJ’s Antitrust Division. Two weeks earlier, he chose Pam Bondi, a former Florida attorney general, for U.S. attorney general.

Like me, Slater is a longtime adviser to Vice President-elect J.D. Vance. Vance loves her because, unlike many conservative attorneys today, Slater has proven that she is unafraid to challenge not just unchecked government power, but also unchecked corporate power when it negatively affects people’s lives.

Take Big Tech, which pays billions to maintain its monopoly power by restricting its competition. Vance knows from Slater’s time with him, and Trump knows from her time serving as the top tech voice on the Trump National Economic Council, that she is eager to take on these behemoths.

So does the larger Big Tech accountability movement. Matt Stoller, who works with the........

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