Skip to main contentSkip to navigation Close dialogue1/1 Next image Previous image Toggle captionSkip to navigation Abigail Slater during a Senate judiciary committee confirmation hearing in Washington DC on 12 February 2025. Photograph: Bloomberg/Getty Images View image in fullscreen Abigail Slater during a Senate judiciary committee confirmation hearing in Washington DC on 12 February 2025. Photograph: Bloomberg/Getty Images US antitrust chief Gail Slater ousted from Trump justice departmentExclusive: Decision comes after Slater lost the support of JD Vance and Pam Bondi, the attorney general Gail Slater, the head of the US justice department’s antitrust division, was forced out of the Trump administration on Thursday after a turbulent tenure and months of simmering tensions with senior cabinet officials, according to two people directly familiar with the matter.“It is with great sadness and abiding hope that I leave my role as AAG [assistant attorney general] for Antitrust today,” Slater said in a post announcing her departure.Her defenestration followed a strained relationship with the attorney general, Pam Bondi, who had reiterated to the White House in recent weeks that their differences over the direction and management of the division were irreconcilable.Slater also found herself isolated outside the department, most notably with JD Vance – once her most powerful ally – who grew weary of hearing complaints that Slater had invoked his name, one…
Published: February 12, 2026 4:33 pm
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