2026年2月12日 下午4:21 UTC / 路透社
2月12日（路透社）- 特朗普政府司法部反垄断部门负责人周四表示，她将在被唐纳德·特朗普总统任命不到一年后辞职。
盖尔·斯莱特于3月被确认领导该部门，该部门负责执行打击非法垄断和反竞争商业行为的法律。她在X平台表示，周四离职”令人悲痛且满怀希望”。”能担任这一职务确实是毕生的荣幸，”她补充道。
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斯莱特的离职使该部门陷入不确定性，因为面临反垄断调查的企业越来越多地聘请与特朗普有关联的游说者来影响案件结果。本周该部门民事诉讼负责人离职后，该部门目前资深领导人寥寥无几。
白宫将有关斯莱特离职的问题转介给司法部。
美国司法部长帕姆·邦迪在一份声明中表示：”代表司法部，我们感谢盖尔·斯莱特为反垄断部门所做的服务，该部门致力于保护消费者、提高价格可负担性并扩大经济机会。”
今年7月，路透社和其他媒体报道，在一项批准惠普企业公司（HPE.N）以140亿美元收购瞻博网络公司的和解协议后，斯莱特的两名副手因不服从命令被解雇。这一举措暴露了特朗普政府内部支持强硬反垄断执法的人士与寻求利用影响力的交易促成者之间的权力斗争。
斯莱特曾在JD·万斯担任参议员期间担任其经济顾问，此前在特朗普第一任期内曾在白宫工作。她还曾在联邦贸易委员会担任了十年反垄断律师，在此期间提起诉讼阻止了包括全食超市收购有机食品零售商Wild Oats在内的多起并购交易。
副总统JD·万斯的办公室拒绝对斯莱特的离职置评。
她曾表示，她的首要任务是利用反垄断执法帮助受高生活成本困扰的美国人。司法部去年对鸡蛋生产商和肉类加工行业展开了调查。
她领导的部门继续推进特朗普第一任期开始的对大型科技公司的打击，目前正在处理针对Alphabet旗下谷歌和苹果公司的重大案件。
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Trump’s Justice Department antitrust head Gail Slater stepping down
February 12, 2026 4:21 PM UTC / Reuters
Feb 12 (Reuters) – The Trump administration’s head of the Justice Department’s antitrust division said Thursday she is stepping down less than a year after being appointed by President Donald Trump.
Gail Slater was confirmed in March to head the division, which enforces laws against illegal monopolies and anticompetitive business behavior. She said on X it was “with great sadness and abiding hope” that she was leaving on Thursday. “It was indeed the honor of a lifetime to serve in this role,” she added.
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Slater’s move throws the division into uncertainty as companies facing antitrust probes have increasingly hired Trump-connected lobbyists to influence the outcomes of their cases. It leaves the division with few senior leaders, following the departure of the division’s head of civil litigation this week.
The White House referred questions on Slater’s departure to the DOJ.
In a statement, U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi said, “On behalf of the Department of Justice, we thank Gail Slater for her service to the Antitrust Division which works to protect consumers, promote affordability, and expand economic opportunity.”
In July, Reuters and other outlets reported two of Slater’s deputies were fired for insubordination after a settlement greenlighting Hewlett Packard Enterprise’s (HPE.N) $14 billion acquisition of Juniper Networks. The move exposed a power struggle within the Trump administration between proponents of robust antitrust enforcement and dealmakers seeking to leverage influence.
Slater was an economic adviser to JD Vance while he was a senator, and previously worked in the White House during Trump’s first term. She also worked for a decade as an antitrust lawyer at the Federal Trade Commission, where she brought cases to block mergers including Whole Foods’ acquisition of organic grocer Wild Oats.
Vice President JD Vance’s office declined to comment on Slater’s departure.
She had said her priority was to use antitrust enforcement to help Americans struggling with high living costs. The DOJ launched probes into egg producers and the meatpacking industry last year.
Her division continued the U.S. crackdown on Big Tech companies that started during Trump’s first term, with major cases against Alphabet’s Google and Apple.
Reporting by Jody Godoy in Los Angeles and David Shepardson in Washington, Editing by William Maclean
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