Author: Steven Cernak
On July 11, the Department of Justice Antitrust Division filed a Statement of Interest in a private lawsuit alleging anticompetitive collusion among defendants like The Washington Post and with non-defendants like X to suppress certain views on COVID and U.S. politics. DOJ’s move generated unpleasant surprise among some in the antitrust community and beyond; but the move seems consistent with numerous statements by the Administration and its supporters, including the America First Antitrust principles recently outlined by Division head Gail Slater.