The head of the Federal Trade Commission reiterated arguments on Wednesday that President Donald Trump did not overstep his constitutional authorities when he fired two of the FTC’s Democratic commissioners.
FTC Chairman Andrew Ferguson, a Republican, said he is “firmly of the view that [Trump] had the authority” to fire Commissioners Alvaro Bedoya and Rebecca Kelly Slaughter on March 18.
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