One of the entrances to the building of the Federal Trade Commission in Washington, which serves as the seat of the Federal Trade Commission (FTC).
Anti -monster guards blow up the attempt on President Donald Trump on Tuesday to remove two of the Federal Trade Commission appointed by democratic members.
They say that the attempt to release commissioners Alvaro Bedoya and Rebecca Slaughter are illegal usurpation of congress power, and will ask sedate questions about whether Trump is auctioning huge corporations. The commission was created to the police.
White House confirmed shelling to Reuterswho first reported a message.
Slaughter and Bedoya supposedly plan to sue to reverse the fire. But on Wednesday, Their bios have been removed From the FTC website section dedicated to current commissioners.
Andrew Ferguson, former US Senator advisor Mitcha McConnella, R-Ky., Who Trump appointed the commission of the commission, agreed to Trump’s movement. Ferguson Posted to X that “he had no doubt about the (Trump) of the constitutional power to remove commissioners, which is necessary to ensure the democratic responsibility of our government.”
Expulsion is another case in which Trump tried to cut the power of independent federal agencies. In the case of FTC it was so created by the Congress in 1914Its members are confirmed by the Senate and, despite the claim of Ferguson, the US Supreme Court in 1935, said unanimously that the presidents Commissioners must not be removed Without showing a good reason.
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Also increasing the concern that Trump removes commissioners who were aggressively busy to enforce the antitrust law after a 40-year break under the Republican and Democratic Administration.
Bedoya and Slaughter voted in the commission to sue health conglomerates for the allegations that they are illegally Raising insulin costsacted Blocking mega-siły Kroger-AlbertsonAnd they voted in favor of suing Amazon, saying that this is “Illegal maintenance of monopolistic power. “
Stacy Mitchell, executive director of the Local Institute of rely, said that the exemptions seem to be a way to Trump to pay back to Great technology billionaires who paid him millions.
“By violating FTC independence and trying to overcome this key law enforcement agency, President Trump meets the wishes of large technological oligarchs and other powerful corporations that financed and supported their campaign,” Mitchell said in a statement. “This is a corrupt attempt to enable dominant corporations to rib American consumers, employees and small companies with impunity.”
In December, Mitchell told The Capital Journal that the decades of not registration of antitrust provisions-in this 1936 Robinson Patman Act – he facilitated Increase. She said that frustration due to the growing costs of consumers contributed to Trump’s victory on November 5.
In her statement on Tuesday, Mitchell said that his attempt to release Bedoya and slaughter breaks faith in public opinion, which is looking for a relief in stunning corporate consolidation.
“The attempt of President Trump releasing two members of the Federal Trade Commission is an illegal and outrageous afron with the American nation, “she said.” Congress established a commission as an independent agency to ensure its effectiveness in maintaining the law and protecting Americans against concentrated corporate power and abuse. “
IN 2022 interview With the capital of the Journal, Bedoy, then a up-to-date commissioner, said that his research convinced him that the purpose of the antitrust law was honesty for everyday Americans.
“Read why Congress adopted these provisions and you cannot read these debates and not understand that the antitrust was intended to ensure honesty for small companies and rural America,” he said. “Now there is a critical time to remember this and make sure that we are faithful to the original purpose of these rights.”
On Tuesday, he said that his shooting was illegal, and said that Trump was setting the interests of his prosperous friends towards the interests of the American people.
“FTC is an independent agency founded 111 years ago to fight fraudsters and monopolists. Our employees are not afraid (there were drug frauds and securities) Martin Shkrelis and (founder of Amazon) Jeff Bezos from the world. They take them to court and win ” Bedoya wrote on x. “Now the president wants FTC to be a laond for his golf buddies.”
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Bedoya added that with Strzena and the former chairwoman Lina Khan: “I spent time on FTC fighting for groceries from compact towns and pharmacists and for people in an Indian country that became hungry because the food was too exorbitant. I fought for the fact that employees were fucking with remuneration and overtime. I fought for the right to organize.
Bedoya asked: “Who will FTC work for? Will it work for billionaires? Or will it work for you?”
Another antitrust activist, Nidhi Hegde, executive director of the American Economic Liberties Project, called Congress to enter and defend his privilege.
“Independent agencies, such as FTC, exist to enforce the law as written by Congress and protect the public interest – is not gutted under the influence of the president,” she said in a statement. “The president’s request is illegal and invalid and cannot be accepted by Bedoy’s commissioners and slaughter. If the Trump administration continues this unconstitutional path, it is time for the Congress to enter, to defend the law and power of these two commissioners.”
Attempts to burn are another movement of the emerging Trump administration, which can be seen as the interests of prosperous and powerful interests of American consumers.
Elon Musk, The richest man in the worldHe works with Trump in the unofficial ability to cut government agencies regarding the claims that he wants performance. One of the first agencies that fell under Musk’s ax was the consumer financial protection office, which regained tens of billions for consumers from lenders, huge banks charging duplicates of fees and other predatory companies. Which may also investigate the agency Potentially anticipative practices of huge technology companies.
An attempt to close the consumer protection office is stopped in court. But Musk, who owns several huge technology companies, in February started to social media to CROW, “CFPB RIP”, New York Times reported.
