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Justice Departments Antitrust Leader Recuses Himself From Google Probe

Makan Delrahim, the Justice Division’s leader antitrust enforcement respectable, has recused himself from the dept’s investigation into whether or not Alphabet’s Google is unlawfully suppressing pageant.
Makan Delrahim, the Justice Department’s chief antitrust enforcement official, has recused himself from the department’s investigation into whether Alphabet’s Google is unlawfully suppressing competition.

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