Antitrust Agency Sees Staff Exit as Khan Pursues Bold Agenda

Federal Trade Commission's senior attorneys are leaving at a pace not seen in at least two decades.

Seventy-one "line staff" attorneys left the agency in the two-year period between 2021 and 2022.

That’s the highest number of departures in the category for a comparable period since 2000.

FTC Chair Lina Khan has aggressively pursued antitrust enforcement, seeking to revive dormant laws.

Critics of the FTC’s Democratic majority have also raised concerns about staff departure.

“Rampant dissatisfaction among staff has led to the departures of many experienced personnel, causing a notable brain drain,’” departing Republican Commissioner Christine Wilson said in her resignation letter March 2.