At the recent House Judiciary committee oversight hearing, Federal Trade Commission (FTC) Chair Lina Kahn was pressed over her ethical lapses in the Meta-Within merger. At this point, the facts are clear. The ethics officer at the FTC recommended Chair Khan recuse herself. Chair Khan refused to do so.
When you are in a privileged position of senior government service, you are expected to own the decisions you make. Yet, Chair Khan has done everything to avoid explaining why she chose not to follow the recommendation to recuse herself. To make matters worse, in concert with her fellow Democrat Commissioners, there has been an active effort to prevent the decision from becoming public. These actions have led to the very public resignation of Christine Wilson, the lone Republican Commissioner, in protest, as well as two oversight hearings before Congress where Chair Khan has continued to refuse to accept responsibility for her decision.
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