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From the New York Post: The House Oversight Committee is calling for Federal Trade Commission Chair Lina Khan to be replaced, accusing her of infusing the powerful agency with “left-wing ideology” and allowing it to be used as a “political tool” for Democrats as the 2024 presidential election comes to a head.
The GOP-led panel ripped he 35-year-old US regulator — who became the youngest FTC chair in the agency’s history in 2021 — for overseeing a “sweeping destruction of agency norms” as it warned against re-upping her tenure in a scathing 59-page report on Thursday.
In addition to concerns about unfair policing of mergers that has penalized US companies and instead helped do the bidding of EU regulators, Republicans on the Oversight Committee said Khan has allowed the agency to pursue partisan politics on behalf of Democrats.
As an example, they pointed to a so-called “Strike Force on Unfair and Illegal Pricing” formed at the FTC, which they alleged amounted to blame-shifting for inflation.
In a press release on Thursday, the House Committee on Oversight and Accountability said Khan has “betrayed the Commission’s independent mission by abusing her authority, trampling on the due process rights of regulated parties, upending the rule of law, and violating ethics standards to advance the Biden-Harris Administration’s agenda.”
“Rather than fulfill her obligation to ensure the FTC adheres to its independent role, our investigation reveals that Chair Lina Khan abused her power and bent the knee to the Biden-Harris White House. During her tenure, Chair Khan abandoned agency norms, disregarded ethical standards, subverted due process rights by colluding with foreign regulatory regimes, and willingly became a political tool for the Biden-Harris Administration to carry out its ideological goals. It’s now clear that Chair Khan will stop at nothing to accomplish the radical left’s desired ends. If this conduct is allowed to continue, it will further undermine Americans’ confidence in the FTC’s role in protecting American consumers and the U.S. marketplace. Chair Khan’s term expired last month, and she should not be permitted to continue leading an independent agency,” said Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.).
“She will be fired soon,” vowed X owner Elon Musk. Trump has announced that if he wins back the Oval Office, he will appoint Musk as head of a Government Efficiency Commission.
She will be fired soon https://t.co/nMtL8MUQ75
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) October 31, 2024
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— Oversight Committee (@GOPoversight) October 31, 2024
🚨 @GOPoversight’s investigation reveals that FTC Chair Lina Khan abused her power and bent the knee to the Biden-Harris White House.
She willingly became a political tool for the Biden-Harris Administration to carry out its ideological goals. @nypost https://t.co/61VhMS2OV5
— Rep. James Comer (@RepJamesComer) October 31, 2024
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