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Gail Slater, the Trump administration’s top antitrust official, was ousted from her position amid growing tensions within the Justice Department over high-profile mergers and the influence of political lobbying. Slater’s departure follows her opposition to the approval of the $14 billion Hewlett Packard Enterprise-Juniper Networks merger, which she believed threatened competition. The move highlighted a broader internal conflict between those pushing for aggressive antitrust enforcement and those aligned with dealmakers leveraging political ties. The controversy deepened when two of Slater’s deputies were also dismissed, and allegations emerged that senior DOJ officials were catering to special interests, a claim that prompted political backlash. Senator Elizabeth Warren called for a congressional investigation, citing concerns over potential corruption and the erosion of fair competition.
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