{"id":39892,"date":"2025-03-18T19:16:00","date_gmt":"2025-03-19T00:16:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ustower.net\/?p=39892"},"modified":"2025-03-18T22:55:45","modified_gmt":"2025-03-19T03:55:45","slug":"trump-fires-ftcs-only-two-democrats-the-president-just-illegally-fired-me","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ustower.net\/?p=39892","title":{"rendered":"Trump fires FTC\u2019s only two Democrats: \u2018The President just illegally fired me\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Fired members of Federal Trade Commission confirmed to be Alvaro Bedoya and Rebecca Kelly Slaughter<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/donaldtrump\">Donald Trump<\/a>&nbsp;has fired the two&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/democrats\">Democratic<\/a>&nbsp;commissioners on the US Federal Trade Commission on Tuesday, further blurring the lines of bipartisanship at regulatory agencies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">The fired commissioners are confirmed to be Alvaro Bedoya and Rebecca Kelly Slaughter. Bedoya confirmed his firing in a post on social media.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">\u201cI\u2019m a Commissioner at the Federal Trade Commission. The President just illegally fired me,\u201d he&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/BedoyaFTC\/status\/1902105345545113607\">wrote<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">\u201cThe FTC is an independent agency founded 111 years ago to fight fraudsters and monopolists, our staff is unafraid of the Martin Shkrelis and Jeff Bezos of the world. They take them to court and they win.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">\u201cNow, the President wants the FTC to be a lap dog for his golfing buddies,\u201d he continued.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">In&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/bsky.app\/profile\/ddayen.bsky.social\/post\/3lkom2itjzc2h\">a similar statement<\/a>&nbsp;given to the Guardian and other outlets, Slaughter spoke about the unlawfulness of her firing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">\u201cToday, the President illegally fired me from my position as a Federal Trade Commissioner, violating the plain language of a statute and clear Supreme Court precedent. Why? Because I have a voice, and he is afraid of what I\u2019ll tell the American people,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">She also expresses her concerns that Trump\u2019s removal of \u201copposition voices\u201d in the FTC will prevent his administration from being held accountable for its actions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">\u201cThe administration clearly fears the accountability that opposition voices would provide if the president orders Chairman Ferguson to treat the most powerful corporations and their executives \u2013 like those that flanked the President at his inauguration \u2013 with kid gloves,\u201d the statement continues.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">The US supreme court ruled in 1935 to uphold a law that allows FTC commissioners to be fired only for good cause, such as neglecting their duties. The ruling is meant to shield a number of independent and bipartisan agencies from direct control by the White House.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/2025\/mar\/18\/trump-fires-ftc-commissioners\">theguardian<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fired members of Federal Trade Commission confirmed to be Alvaro Bedoya and Rebecca Kelly Slaughter Donald Trump&nbsp;has fired the two&nbsp;Democratic&nbsp;commissioners on the US Federal Trade Commission on Tuesday, further blurring the lines of bipartisanship at regulatory agencies. The fired commissioners are confirmed to be Alvaro Bedoya and Rebecca Kelly Slaughter. 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