Biden Moving to Name Antitrust Scholar Lina Khan to FTC Post
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The White House is vetting Lina Khan, a Columbia Law School antitrust expert who is a critic of large technology companies, for the Federal Trade Commission, and President Joe Biden is likely to nominate her, according to people familiar with the matter.
The FBI is conducting a background check on Khan, one of the people said, which would pave the way to her nomination. A second person said that her nomination is proceeding.