Christine Wilson, the only remaining Republican on the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), announced Tuesday that she will resign over her opposition to the agency’s progressive leadership.
In an opinion published in the Wall Street Journal, Wilson listed reasons why she could no longer work with the Democratic majority. She specifically accused FTC chair Lina Khan of abusing power and “undermining the commission structure that Congress wrote into law.”
“Much ink has been spilled about Lina Khan’s attempts to remake federal antitrust law as chairman of the Federal Trade Commission,” Wilson wrote. “I have failed repeatedly to persuade Ms. Khan and her enablers to do the right thing, and I refuse to give their endeavor any further hint of legitimacy by remaining.”…