President Donald Trump has illegally fired two of the five commissioners at the Federal Trade Commission.
And that will allow Trump to tremendously weaken the FTC, which oversees consumer protection and competition laws.
Bedoya was quick to note that the danger of his firing wasnt really about one person on the commission.
Donald Trump speaks to the media during a guided tour of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts before leading a board meeting on March 17, 2025 in Washington, DC.© Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images
Some of those same guys evenattended church with himon the day of the inauguration.
And that Amazon also recently licensedThe Apprenticefor tens of millions of dollars, Bedoya said.
Incredibly, many people really thought Trump would be cracking down on large corporations and Big Tech in particular.
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