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FTC tells staff to stop calling the agency ‘independent’ in complaints

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FTC tells staff to no longer refer to the agency as “independent” in complaints.

The email was sent to the bureau’s associate and regional directors, and copied to deputy directors of the unit.

It's the latest sign that Republican leadership at the FTC is not pushing back against President Donald Trump 's attempts to assert control over the historically independent agency.

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