Trump should leave merger review alone, current and ex-enforcers say

Pallavi Guniganti

12 June 2017

Christine Varney at GCR Live (Credit: GCR Live / Freedom Film LLC)

A former Department of Justice antitrust division head and a current state antitrust chief have said that President Donald Trump should not interfere in mergers.

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