{"id":1942383,"date":"2023-06-02T00:21:12","date_gmt":"2023-06-02T04:21:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/oversight-chairman-james-comer-opens-investigation-into-ftc-chairwoman-lina-khan-over-alleged-abuse-of-power\/"},"modified":"2023-06-02T00:23:25","modified_gmt":"2023-06-02T04:23:25","slug":"oversight-chairman-james-comer-opens-investigation-into-ftc-chairwoman-lina-khan-over-alleged-abuse-of-power","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/oversight-chairman-james-comer-opens-investigation-into-ftc-chairwoman-lina-khan-over-alleged-abuse-of-power\/","title":{"rendered":"Comer investigates FTC Chairwoman Khan for power abuse."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">16<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Foversight-chairman-james-comer-opens-investigation-into-ftc-chairwoman-lina-khan-over-alleged-abuse-of-power%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1942383&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>House Oversight Committee Launches Investigation into FTC Chairwoman Lina Khan<\/h2>\n<p>The House Oversight Committee, led by Chairman James Comer (R-KY), is launching an investigation into Federal Trade Commission (FTC) Chairwoman Lina Khan following the sudden resignation of FTC Commissioner Christine Wilson earlier this year.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;The Committee on Oversight and Accountability is investigating matters raised by Commissioner Christine S. Wilson\u2019s February 14, 2023, announcement of her unexpected resignation from the Federal Trade Commission (Commission or FTC). Commissioner Wilson declared her intent to resign over deep concerns that the Commission, under current Chair Lina M. Khan\u2019s leadership, is abusing its power and disregarding the rule of law, due process, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/john-kerry-financial-disclosures-show-millions-in-income-from-stocks-including-oil-companies\/\" title=\"John Kerry Financial Disclosures Show Millions in Income From Stocks, Including Oil Companies\">federal ethics laws<\/a>,&#8221; Comer said in the letter.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Comer has requested all documents and communications related to the allegations made in Wilson&#8217;s resignation letter, including &#8220;abuses of power and disregard for the rule of law and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/oversight-chairman-james-comer-opens-investigation-into-ftc-chairwoman-lina-khan-over-alleged-abuse-of-power\/\" title=\"Comer investigates FTC Chairwoman Khan for power abuse.\">federal ethics standard<\/a>.&#8221;<\/p>\n<h3>Investigating Allegations of Misconduct<\/h3>\n<p>&#8220;We seek documents and information to shed light on Commissioner Wilson\u2019s allegations and determine the extent to which the Commission has deviated from its mission to protect America\u2019s consumers,&#8221; Comer continued.<\/p>\n<p>In the letter, Comer questions whether the FTC has become a &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/voa-misallocates-funds-and-suppresses-negative-stories-about-iran-this-lawmaker-wants-to-investigate\/\" title=\"VOA Misallocates Funds and Suppresses Negative Stories About Iran. This Lawmaker Wants To Investigate.\">rogue agency<\/a>&#8221; under Khan&#8217;s leadership and inquires as to whether the White House had any influence on her decisions.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;These matters raise questions whether the FTC under Chair Khan has become a rogue agency\u2014particularly given Chair Khan\u2019s drive at the beginning of her tenure to \u2018bulldoz[e] procedural safeguards,\u2019 \u2018consolidate agency power,\u2019 \u2018unilaterally assert and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/exclusive-conservative-and-pro-energy-activists-urge-senators-to-reject-top-biden-epa-nominee\/\" title=\"EXCLUSIVE: Conservative And Pro-Energy Activists Urge Senators To Reject Top Biden EPA Nominee\">expand regulatory authority<\/a>,\u2019 and \u2018abandon bipartisan and open processes,\u2019&#8221; Comer said.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Comer also expressed concern about whether departures from prior norms under Khan are due to White House influence, as President Biden called upon Khan to play a leading role in implementing his Executive Order 14036 on &#8220;Promoting Competition in the American Economy.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Khan was appointed as chairwoman of the FTC by President Joe Biden in 2021.<\/p>\n<h3>Ensuring Accountability and Transparency<\/h3>\n<p>The House Oversight Committee&#8217;s investigation into the FTC and Chairwoman Khan is an important step in ensuring accountability and transparency in government agencies. By investigating allegations of misconduct and abuse of power, the committee is working to protect the interests of American consumers and uphold the rule of law.<\/p>\n<p>Stay tuned for updates on this developing story.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>House Oversight Committee Chair James Comer (R-KY) is investigating FTC Chairwoman Lina Khan following the resignation of Commissioner Christine Wilson. Comer has requested all documents and communications related to allegations made in Wilson&#8217;s resignation letter, including &#8220;abuses of power and disregard for.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1942384,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[6599,4994,7734,6945,6035,20668,5084],"class_list":["post-1942383","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner","tag-abuse","tag-chairwoman","tag-comer","tag-ftc","tag-investigates","tag-khan","tag-power"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1942383","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1942383"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1942383\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1942384"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1942383"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1942383"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1942383"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}