Instructions were sent to employees of the Federal Trade Committee no longer refer to the agency as “independent” in complaints, according to an email obtained by freedom.
“Go ahead, when the committee is described as a prosecutor in a complaint. freedom. The email was sent to the assistant and regional managers of the office, and it was copied to the deputy director of the unit. “FTC is independent The United States Government Agency established by FTC Law. “
It is the latest sign that the FTC Republican leadership does not go back against President Donald Trump’s unprecedented attempts to assert control of the historically independent agency. In February, Trump The executive order signed Saying that the White House can “review the obligations of independent organizational agencies in line with the President’s policies and priorities” – one of its first steps towards bringing agencies such as FTC under greater audit by his administration.
On March 18, Trump The Democratic Minority Commission launched at FTCThe precedent of the Supreme Court, which dates back contracts, says that people in such situations can only be removed for the reason. In a lawsuit He presented on Thursday, and among the commissioners a A copy of the message One of them received from the White House about the removal operations. According to the copy in the deposit, it claims that the current FTC does not fit The president is trying to remove the FTC Commissioner). “Your continuous service on FTC does not agree with the priorities of my administration,” says the letter on behalf of Trump, according to the court report.
Republican FTC President Andrew Ferguson expressed his general support for Trump’s actions. “My former Democrats have their day in court, but I have no doubt that President Trump’s legal powers will be confirmed in the end,” He said In response to the lawsuit to shoot the commissioners.
