Justice Department Drops Antitrust Probe of Auto Makers Involved in California Emissions Deal

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DOJ drops its antitrust probe of the four auto makers involved in the California emissions deal, say people familiar with the matter

WASHINGTON—The Justice Department has closed its antitrust investigation of four auto makers that had reached a tailpipe emissions deal last summer with the state of California, according to people familiar with the matter.

After examining the matter for several months, the department concluded that the auto makers—Ford Motor Co., Honda Motor Co., BMW AG and Volkswagen AG—didn’t engage in conduct that violated U.S. antitrust law, the people said.

 

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Barr’s DOJ probably has a memo that instructs agents to check Party affiliations and donations to decide which cases to pursue and which to ignore.

I didn’t think he was meant to work in such a partisan way. I thought the DOJ would have to be seen to be fair. Silly me

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He's good at what he does. I actually believed he was an honest broker during his Senate confirmation....up and until the point he said he struggled with the word 'suggest'. That should have been the end of this subversive dude's career.

Great Caesar's Ghost! ...and don't call me Chief!

And soon the Trump-Barr DOJ will be dropping all criminal investigations of criminals.

Move over CORRUPT Republican Attorney General Harry 'Teapot Dome' Daugherty, Move over CORRUPT Republican Attorney General John 'Watergate' Mitchell, Move over PERVERTED Republican Attorneys General Evangelical John 'Jeffrey' Ascroft and Mike 'Epstein' Mukasey we have a new champ

Codespeak for someone just made some large, untraceable campaign donations.

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