The Chair of the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) weaponized the agency against Elon Musk’s Twitter, according to a House Judiciary report provided exclusively to the Daily Caller.
Biden-appointed FTC Chair Lina Khan introduced a consent decree against the platform due to Musk’s acquisition, according to the report, although Khan denied that was the reason. However, the FTC was considering potentially enforcing the consent decree in the years preceding Musk’s acquisition – but Khan “called for an immediate vote” days after the deal was announced, documents show.
The House Judiciary Committee received more than a dozen letters the FTC sent to Twitter during the first three months of Musk’s acquisition. The FTC used the letters to institute over 350 demands for information and documents from the company, including demands that were outside the FTC’s consent decree, according to the report. (RELATED: Democrats Forecast Plan To Go After High-Profile Trump Supporters, Starting With Elon Musk)
House Judiciary Chairman @Jim_Jordan has subpoenaed FTC Chairwoman Lina Khan for harassing Twitter following Elon Musk’s acquisition. pic.twitter.com/n45lBlzlxN
— ALX 🇺🇸 (@alx) April 12, 2023
A consent decree is a court-approved settlement agreement, according to Cornell Law School.
The agency uses consent decrees to “settle claims of wrongdoing and impose specific requirements on a company,” according to the Committee. Once a company has entered a consent decree, FTC lawyers can demand information from it. […]
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