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Re:Justice Department Is Preparing Antitrust Investigation o... by Dylan16807 on Saturday June 01, 2019 @04:07AM (#20068012)
Close ties are suspicious, strong swings in prosecution policy are also suspicious.
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Re:Justice Department Is Preparing Antitrust Investigation o... by oh_sigh on Sunday June 02, 2019 @01:05PM (#20076609)
But it sounds like the career officials wanted this 7 years ago, but were blocked by Obama's political appointees.

So, there is no swing in policy, at least among the career officials.

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Re:Justice Department Is Preparing Antitrust Investigation o... by Dylan16807 on Sunday June 02, 2019 @11:32PM (#20080202)
That's a very good explanation! But it's certainly worth looking carefully into it to reach/validate that explanation.
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