A coalition of liberal groups is pushing to limit the influence of Lisa Monaco, the newly confirmed second in command at the Justice Department, because of her ties to Big Tech companies such as Apple and Google.
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The liberal organizations, including government accountability groups such as Revolving Door Project and multiple digital rights nonprofit organizations, said in a letter to President Joe Biden Monday that Monaco's past work for Apple and her ties to Google should exclude her from playing a role in picking the leader of the DOJ's antitrust division, which is responsible for holding the tech giants accountable for bad behavior.
"The Antitrust Division will be responsible in the years ahead for reining in or failing to rein in Big Tech monopolies," the groups wrote to Biden. "For that reason, Monacos past work in the private sector relating to Apple and Google is deeply concerning."
Monaco has done legal work on behalf of Apple and was the founder of a company that gave advice to Google. The Justice Department is suing Google for anticompetitive behavior, while Apple is the focus of an antitrust investigation by the DOJ and state governments.
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Liberal advocacy groups have been pushing for a new, aggressive leadership at the Federal Trade Commission and the Justice Department to hold Big Tech accountable better. A coalition of such groups called for a "break from past, failed leadership" in another letter to Biden last month.
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