If they are colluding to blacklist/target certain manufacturers and deny them access to the marketplace, at what point does this influence (peddling?) cross over into interstate racketeering? It’s like book seller lists (and record charts lists) omitting bestsellers from the ranks because of “politics” (office or government). There are plenty of cases of “pay for play” payola (buy an ad and get in the charts even with no record pressed and no airplay). I’m not up to date on this scandal, but colluding to defraud such listings and reviews sounds like it could be criminal conspiracy.
Then we can expect Holder to be on it like a rooster on a Junebug. Or not! These are ‘rat scum we’re talking about!