Gail Slater, the head of the US justice department’s antitrust division, was forced out of the Trump administration on Thursday after a turbulent tenure and months of simmering tensions with senior cabinet officials, according to two people directly familiar with the matter.
“It is with great sadness and abiding hope that I leave my role as AAG [assistant attorney general] for Antitrust today,” Slater said in a post announcing her departure.
Her defenestration followed a strained relationship with the attorney general, Pam Bondi, who had reiterated to the White House in recent weeks that their differences over the direction and management of
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