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MAGA Antitrust Agenda Under Siege by Lobbyists
MAGA Antitrust Agenda Under Siege by Lobbyists
August 7, 2025 at 6:29 am EDT By Taegan Goddard 1 Comment
https://politicalwire.com/2025/08/07/maga-antitrust-agenda-under-siege-by-lobbyists/
“The second Trump administration seemed poised to deliver on MAGA’s embrace of aggressive antitrust enforcement. Instead, those efforts have run headlong into power brokers with close ties to President Trump who have snatched up lucrative assignments helping companies facing antitrust threats,” the Wall Street Journal reports.
“The injection of politically-connected lobbyists and lawyers into antitrust investigations is a shift in an arena that for decades was a niche area dominated by specialized lawyers and economists.”
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