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https://judiciary.house.gov/sites/evo-subsites/republicans-j...

There is a great deal of documentation and discussion, but this document covers some of it, here are a couple of on-topic quotes:

>"Documents from and testimony by FTC managers show that Chair Khan marginalized the litigators and investigators at the FTC who had the skills necessary to win cases."

>"One manager consulted with his team and reported to the Chief of Staff that Chair Khan was “[s]capegoating the career staff for the FTC’s ‘underenforcement’ of the antitrust laws”26 and “contributing to an external narrative that denigrates staff.”"




Jim Jordan dunking on Democratic political appointees? Gee, there's a big surprise.


This is a document with an overt political agenda and should be taken with a bucketful of salt.


There are a number of other sources which describe the issues, if you care to look for them https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=4520745


I wouldn't read too much into this document. It's written by one of the most egregious political hacks on the planet: Jim Jordan. Even in this report, he can't resist using the classic "Democrat" epithet at the tippy-top of page 5 [1]. Jordan also subpoenaed Khan after the FTC took action against Elon Musk—Republicans' second-favorite billionaire they'll defend at all costs.

This document reads like political theater because it is political theater.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Democrat_Party_(epithet)




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