House Democrats Link DOJ Auto Antitrust Probe To Broader Trump Inquiry

Top Democrats on the House Judiciary Committee are linking the Department of Justice’s (DOJ) antitrust investigation into four automakers who signed California’s voluntary agreement to cut greenhouse gases to their broader investigation of alleged corruption and “abuses of power” by President Donald Trump. A Sept. 19 letter from Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerry Nadler (D-NY) and antitrust panel Chairman David Cicilline (D-RI) to White House counsel Pat Cipollone and DOJ antitrust division chief Makan Delrahim seeks information about Trump’s “latest apparent...