>>24250502, >>24250693 US antitrust chief Gail Slater says she is stepping downPN

(Something first feel right here, Bondi cannot be trusted. I wonder if Slater found out the side scams Bondi has done for years. Even though I didn’t trust prior AG’s, I really don’t trust her. Were any people in the merger involved with Bondi in the past?)

Trump DoJ antitrust chief Gail Slater steps down after serving less than a year

Feb. 12, 2026 12:46 PM ET

Abigail Slater, the head of the antitrust division of the U.S. Department of Justice, is stepping down effective immediately.

Slater made the announcement public via a post from her personal account on social media platform X on Thursday.

"It is with great sadness and abiding hope that I leave my role as AAG for Antitrust today," Slater wrote on X."It was indeed the honor of a lifetime to serve in this role."

Slater's exit comes amid one of the largest corporate merger dramas unraveling in the U.S.,in which media giants Paramount Skydance (PSKY) and Netflix (NFLX) are butting heads to get control of the coveted assets of Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD).

Her position in the Justice Department determined the outcome of cases involving mergers and acquisitions.

Slater's departure also comes just two days after her deputy in the DoJ antitrust unit, Mark Hamer, stepped downto rejoin his former law firm, Baker McKenzie.

She was appointed by President Donald Trump in March last year.Media reportssuggestedSlater was forced outof her position afterlosing the support of Vice President JD Vance and DoJ head Pam Bondi.

Reports also said some officials in the Trump administration thought Slater undermined pending cases due== to differences of opinion and had disobeyed leadership.

"On behalf of the Department of Justice, we thank Gail Slater for her service to the Antitrust Division, which works to protect consumers, promote affordability, and expand economic opportunity," Bondi said in a statement.

Omeed Assefi is expected to fill in Slater's position on an interim basis. At the beginning of the second Trump presidency, Assefi served as the division’s acting Assistant Attorney General.

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