Richard Baris
@Peoples_Pundit 23m23 minutes ago
But Horowitz doesn't have subpoena or grand jury power. He can compel employees to talk under oath, but not if they've left, which is why we saw many do just that.
However, he can go to AG Barr, who will go to John Durham who can compel them. And he will.
“Google may soon face an antitrust investigation from the US Department of Justice pertaining to its search business and potentially other aspects of the company’s sprawling software and services empire, according to a late Friday evening report from The Wall Street Journal. The DOJ is said to have spent the past few weeks preparing for the probe. Following publication of the WSJ’s story, The Washington Post is confirming an imminent antitrust probe as well.
Citing anonymous sources, the WSJ says the Federal Trade Commission, which works alongside the DOJ to bring federal antitrust cases, will defer to the Justice Department in this case. Prior to this, the FTC brought a case against the company in 2011 related to the placement of tracking cookies in Apple’s Safari browser. That case was resolved a year later with a $22.5 million civil penalty judgement, at the time the largest such judgement the FTC had ever earned in court. According to the WSJ, the FTC then investigated Google in 2013 for broad antitrust violations, but closed the case without taking any action against the search giant. Now, the DOJ is leading the charge on a new, potentially unprecedented antitrust evaluation of the company.”
However, he can go to AG Barr, who will go to John Durham who can compel them. And he will.
Booooom.