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Trump Names New Head of DOJ Antitrust Division
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Fusion42 · 22 July 2026 · Fusion42 review
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.
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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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6 sources · first reported 21 Jul 2026 · latest 22 Jul 2026
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