House Democrats open inquiry into ouster of US antitrust chief Gail Slater

Exclusive: Jamie Raskin, top Democrat on the House judiciary committee, asks for justice department briefing US politics live – latest updates House Democrats on Wednesday demanded a briefing from the justice department on the removal of Gail Slater, who was forced to resign as head of the antitrust division this month under a cloud of controversy and fraught tensions with her bosses inside the Trump administration. The request from Jamie Raskin, the top Democrat on the House judiciary comm...

By Hugo Lowell in Washington