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    Consumer Confidential: This top FTC official is so conflicted, he has to leave the room if Facebook gets mentioned

    by David Lazarus, Los Angeles Times Dec 11, 2018 4 minutes

    It's almost pointless to say that conflicts of interest abound as the country's first billionaire president continues populating his administration with captains of industry. Just last week, President Trump nominated the former general counsel of Verizon Communications to serve as attorney general.

    Yet every so often we're reminded that no other administration in modern history has so brazenly blurred ethical lines and placed into positions of authority as many individuals who are so seemingly unsuited for public service.

    Ladies and gentlemen, please welcome Andrew Smith, director of the Federal Trade Commission's Bureau of Consumer Protection.

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