House lawmakers say Federal Trade Commission Chairwoman Lina Khan is ignoring Congress, abusing her agency's staff, and breaking promises to make her work transparent.
Republicans are sounding alarms about the behavior of President Biden’s appointee in the aftermath of the last remaining Republican commissioner at the agency choosing to quit rather than work with Ms. Khan.has pressed forward with exclusively Democratic commissioners as it pursues its mission of protecting consumers from deceptive business practices and unfair competition.
Reps. Cathy McMorris Rodgers, Washington Republican, and Gus Bilirakis, Florida Republican, wrote to Ms. Khan that they had concerns about her conduct that they said has driven away public servants.employees left between June 15, 2021, and May 2, 2022, amid complaints about Ms. Khan being abusive and tyrannical, but she has refused to change course., you have continued to ignore the concerns of other commissioners in a dangerous and misguided consolidation of power,” the lawmakers wrote to Ms.
Christine Wilson announced her intention to quit as a commissioner last month in a blistering Wall Street Journal op-ed that accused the’s challenge of Meta’s acquisition of the virtual reality platform Within Unlimited as the sort of action she believed was inappropriate.’s judicial effort to prevent the acquisition last month, and the agency then turned to an in-house review.
Ms. Khan refused to recuse herself from the internal matter, though Ms. Wilson said Ms. Khan had argued in favor of preventing Meta from making any future acquisitions before Ms. Khan joined the
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