Federal judge sides with fired FTC commissioner in case against Trump

A national justice connected Thursday ruled that the firing of a Democratic commissioner astatine the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) by President Trump was illegal. U.S. District Judge Loren AliKhan, a Biden medication appointee, said the Trump administration’s “attempt to remove’ Commissioner Rebecca Kelly Slaughter “did not comply with the FTC Act’s removal protections.” “Defendants repeatedly want…