Christine Wilson, the one Republican commissioner for the Federal Commerce Fee (FTC), introduced her impending resignation and revealed a scathing opinion essay in The Wall Avenue Journal that detailed what she described as “a disregard for the rule of regulation and due course of” by Lina Khan, the Democratic chair of the FTC. Wilson wrote that Khan’s actions “make it unattainable” for her to proceed serving the company.
“I’ve failed repeatedly to influence Ms. Khan and her enablers to do the proper factor, and I refuse to present their endeavor any additional trace of legitimacy by remaining,” Wilson wrote in her opinion essay. “Accordingly, I’ll quickly resign as an FTC commissioner.”
Wilson, who was appointed by President Trump in 2018, has publicly criticized Khan, who was appointed by President Biden, for main the company to dam a merger proposed by Meta in addition to the proposal to ban noncompete clauses in employment contracts. Khan has pushed again saying the company has lengthy been too permissive with mergers, permitting firms like Google and Amazon to turn out to be goliaths who swallow competitors.
