Trump Weighs Appointing Michael Murray to Lead Antitrust at DOJ
The Department of Justice seal on the J. Edgar Hoover Federal Bureau of Investigation building in Washington.
Photographer: Graeme Sloan/BloombergThe White House is considering nominating attorney Michael Murray, who worked in the previous Trump administration, to lead antitrust enforcement at the US Justice Department, according to people familiar with the plans.
Murray, a partner at law firm Paul Hastings LLC, previously served as a deputy assistant attorney general for antitrust from 2018 to 2020. Before that, he was a staffer for Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein. If nominated by the White House, Murray would replace Gail Slater, who was ousted in February after less than a year as antitrust chief amid disagreements over merger policy.