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Trump Names New Head of DOJ Antitrust Division | PYMNTS.com

Published

22 July 2026

Topic

regulatory

Geography

United States

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Read at pymnts.com

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Trump nominates Adam Candeub, an FCC official and tech antitrust hawk, to head the DOJ's antitrust division. Candeub has criticised large tech platforms and will oversee ongoing cases against Google and Apple if confirmed.

The Wire takeaway

Your legal team needs to assume Google and Apple will fight harder in the DOJ cases—Candeub has publicly argued the largest platforms have escaped meaningful antitrust accountability, and he now controls the cases. If you sell to either company or depend on their platform, your exit timing and valuation just became a regulatory variable.

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antitrust-enforcement · tech-regulation · doj-leadership · platform-monopoly · merger-review