Fired FTC commissioner raises concern over Trump ties to tech billionaires | Trump administration
A day after Sudden shooting by Donald Trump From the Federal Trade Committee, Alvaro Bedoya raised questions about the US president’s relations with some of the richest men in the country.
In a hearing of the Joint Judicial Committee of the state legislature in Colorado on Wednesday, the Democratic Commissioner said that it was “an interesting coincidence” in his final general statement in the Post criticized Jeff BezosThe founder of the Amazon.
“I think it is interesting that the last public statement I made it [before the firing] He was criticizing one of the men behind the president’s shoulder in his inauguration.
“I issued a statement criticized by Mr. Bezos for his work in warehouses very quickly, and they are literally forced to place sale machines on the warehouse floor, and the distribution of the amount of pain relievers that each of these workers must obtain.”
He also repeated the assertion of the invitations that FTC currently connects against Amazon: one of them claiming to deceive consumers in subscriptions they do not want, and the other to deceive small companies.
“I do not claim that this is the reason for the shooting, but I think it is an interesting coincidence.”
The session was rejected, to be held in front of Bedoya and Rebecca Kelly Slaughter earlier this week, and focused on the roles the states play in protecting the ability to afford the costs of consumer, and dismantle federal consumer protection institutions in Colorado And throughout the country.
“Many people have heard the news and of course they wanted to talk about what happened to me or what happened to my colleague, Commissioner Rebecca Slotter,” said Bidoya. “I think what we really need to focus is billionaires on President Trump’s shoulder in his inauguration.”
He went on talking about the role he believed to have played in fire, and linked it to a billionaire interests. The shooting was described by both Pedoya and the “illegal” Colorado representatives.
Elon Musk, Bezos and Mark Zuckerberg, Technical billionaires behind X, Amazon and Meta, respectively, They were all present At the opening of Trump in January. Musk plays a major role in his management, while Bezos and Musk have conversations with the president.
Bidoya said: “Each of these men and all their companies is currently the subject of an order from the FTC court, or is currently the subject of litigation in FTC.”
The absolute commissioner expressed his concern that Trump administration Future mergers that threaten consumer protection will not prevent consumer.
“I am concerned that the only thing that matters is any billionaire who has the president’s ear in this deal, and what tendons can be withdrawn.” “I am very concerned that the only thing that will be important to this integration is not the law, but money.”
He stressed the importance of state legislation, and ended his statements with an invitation to all workers and consumers, regardless of political affiliation, interest in the increasing force and the impact of billionaires in the US government.
“I want to emphasize an uncomfortable fact, which is the issue of the corrupt influence of money on politics. I don’t think it is limited to one party,” he said. “This issue of the corrupt influence of billionaires in law enforcement is an issue that affects all of us, regardless of the party, regardless of where we live.”
