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(Photo by Chip Somodevilla\/Getty Images) <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"single-article__content\">\n<div class=\"single-article__content-inner has-drop-cap\"> <html readability=\"47.752069224981\"><body readability=\"96.425567703953\"><\/p>\n<p>Commissioners Alvaro Bedoya and Rebecca Slaughter of the Federal Trade Commission confirmed reports that President Donald Trump is attempting to fire them, marking a direct challenge to the agency\u2019s independence and potentially crippling a host of its tech-related investigation and enforcement actions.<\/p>\n<p>On X, Bedoya <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/BedoyaFTC\/status\/1902105345545113607\">posted<\/a> a note saying he had just been \u201cillegally fired\u201d by the president. He referenced the FTC\u2019s reputation for regulating and investigating wealthy tech companies and accused Trump of seeking to neuter the agency going forward, calling it \u201ccorruption, plain and simple.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur staff is unafraid of the Martin Shkrelis and Jeff Bezos of the world. They take them to court and win,\u201d Bedoya wrote. \u201cNow, the president wants the FTC to be a lapdog for his golfing buddies.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In a subsequent message, Bedoya clarified that Trump \u201ctried to illegally fire me\u201d and that he\u2019ll \u201csee the president in court.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"ad ad--inline_1 \">\n<div class=\"ad__inner\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Advertisement<\/span> <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>In <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/DouglasLFarrar\/status\/1902107936815538431\/photo\/1\">her own message<\/a> released by a spokesperson on X, Slaughter confirmed the attempted firings and said she and Bedoya would have provided opposition voices if the FTC decides to treat corporations \u201cwith kid gloves.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe law protects the independence of the Commission because the law serves the American people, not corporate power,\u201d Slaughter wrote. \u201cThe reason that the FTC can be so effective for the American people is because of its independence and because its commissioners serve across political parties and ideologies.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Bedoya, Slaughter and former Chair Lina Khan formed a powerful bloc on the commission, pushing to expand FTC investigations into major tech companies and examine issues of <a href=\"https:\/\/cyberscoop.com\/ftc-data-broker-action-gravy-analytics-venntel-mobilewalla\/\">digital privacy<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/cyberscoop.com\/ftc-report-streaming-social-media-surveillance-privacy\/\">surveillance<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.atlanticcouncil.org\/in-depth-research-reports\/report\/reasonable-cybersecurity-in-forty-seven-cases-the-federal-trade-commissions-enforcement-actions-against-unfair-and-deceptive-cyber-practices\/\">cybersecurity<\/a>. While incoming Chair Andrew Ferguson has expressed <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/articles\/2025-03-17\/ftc-has-the-resources-to-take-on-big-tech-chairman-says\">his own desire<\/a> to scrutinize tech companies, Republicans in Congress have <a href=\"https:\/\/oversight.house.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/HCOA-Majority-Staff-Report-FTC-Investigation.pdf\">criticized<\/a> Khan\u2019s tenure as one of regulatory overreach.<\/p>\n<p>The FTC and White House could not be immediately reached for comment. Attempts to reach Slaughter for comment were unsuccessful. <\/p>\n<p>The Trump administration recently issued an executive order attempting to assert greater control over historically independent agencies such as the FTC and the Federal Communications Commission. That independence \u2014 and the legal case behind Bedoya\u2019s claims that the president\u2019s actions were illegal \u2014 stem from <a href=\"https:\/\/supreme.justia.com\/cases\/federal\/us\/295\/602\/\">a 1935 Supreme Court case<\/a> that concluded President Franklin Roosevelt did not have the constitutional authority to fire FTC commissioners once they were duly sworn into office, except for instances of inefficiency, neglect of duty or malfeasance.<\/p>\n<div class=\"ad ad--inline_1 \">\n<div class=\"ad__inner\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Advertisement<\/span> <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>In a <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/AFergusonFTC\/status\/1902132482499084389\">statement posted to X<\/a>, Ferguson said he has \u201cno doubts\u201d about Trump\u2019s \u201cconstitutional authority to remove Commissioners, which is necessary to ensure democratic accountability for our government.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Emily Peterson-Cassin, corporate power director at the nonprofit Demand Progress Education Fund, said in a statement that Trump\u2019s actions were \u201cillegal\u201d and would lead to \u201cunfettered corruption and self-dealing\u201d among large tech companies and other bad actors.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe FTC is currently investigating or suing many of the biggest corporations \u2014 including Google, which <a href=\"https:\/\/cyberscoop.com\/google-acquires-wiz-for-32-billion\/\">announced a multi-billion dollar merger<\/a> just this afternoon,\u201d Peterson-Cassin said. \u201cThese illegal firing attempts put these investigations in doubt and could seriously curb the agency\u2019s power and responsibility to protect everyday Americans and honest, main street businesses from being scammed and trampled by megacorporations.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>However, at least one former FTC official told CyberScoop that they expected the Trump administration to challenge the 1935 Supreme Court decision in the hopes that the current conservative majority will rule more favorably.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo administration until now has wanted to push the limits on that but the current administration has made clear they think it\u2019s wrongly decided,\u201d the former official said, who requested anonymity to speak candidly.<\/p>\n<div class=\"ad ad--inline_1 \">\n<div class=\"ad__inner\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Advertisement<\/span> <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>That challenge would most likely focus on the president\u2019s authority to fire or remove officials who do not carry out his directives. A ruling that strengthens the president\u2019s ability to dismiss appointees would by itself have a significant impact on agency independence.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s the power of removal more than anything else that is the mechanism by which any president is able to instruct the subordinates how they are to proceed,\u201d the official added.<\/p>\n<p>The attempt to fire only the Democratic members of the FTC mirrors similar actions the Trump administration has taken for the Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, the Federal Election Commission, and the National Labor Relations Board.<\/p>\n<p><\/body> <\/p>\n<footer class=\"single-article__footer\" readability=\"3.5062611806798\">\n<div class=\"author-card\" readability=\"13\">\n<div class=\"author-card__avatar\">\n<figure class=\"author-card__image-wrap\"> <img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"author-card__image\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ddi.mohflo.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/trump-moves-to-fire-democratic-ftc-commissioners-1.jpg?w=640&ssl=1\" alt=\"Derek B. 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