Overview
- Slater announced on X that she was leaving effective today, and the Justice Department issued a brief statement thanking her for her service.
- Multiple outlets, including CBS News and CNN, report she was forced out after losing the trust of Attorney General Pam Bondi and Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche.
- The Antitrust Division now faces a leadership gap, with some outlets reporting Omeed Assefi as acting chief and a senior deputy, Mark Hamer, departing earlier this week.
- The timing coincides with DOJ review of Netflix’s proposed Warner Bros. Discovery deal alongside Paramount’s rival bid, after President Trump said he would not intervene and would leave the decision to the department.
- Her turbulent tenure featured the firing of two deputies after the HPE–Juniper settlement, a deleted post about her chief of staff after Bondi overruled her, and reporting that she had been sidelined from Live Nation/Ticketmaster settlement talks ahead of trial.