On March 11, 2025, the U.S. Senate confirmed Abigail (Gail) Slater as Assistant Attorney General (AAG) for the Antitrust Division of the Department of Justice. Slater received support from the majority of Democrats, but Kentucky Senator Rand Paul was the only Republican to oppose her. It is not a coincidence that Slater was supported by so many Democrats and opposed by the Senate’s leading champion of free markets. New AAG Slater, who previously was chief economic advisor to then-Senator JD Vance, is, like her old boss, a “Khanservative.” A Khanservative is a conservative who believes the right must embrace the aggressive approach to antitrust favored by former Federal Trade Commission (FTC) Chair Lina Khan.
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