'The head of a powerful government agency is ignoring the guidance of ethics officials in pursuit of her own agenda, misleading lawmakers in the process. Congress needs to get to the bottom of this before the FTC’s credibility fully crumbles.' -Tom Hebert
, FTC ethics head Lorielle Pankey recommended Khan recuse herself from the Meta/Within case to"avoid an appearance of partiality." Pankey expresses"strong reservations with Chair Khan participating as an adjudicator in this proceeding where … she repeatedly called for the FTC to blockfuture acquisition by Facebook.
The report indicates that Khan ignored Pankey’s recommendation after consulting with her general counsel. The FTC’s Democratic majority subsequently greenlit Khan’s involvement in the Meta/Within case, redacting all mentions of the ethics recommendation from former Commissioner Christine Wilson’s dissent. Wilson announced her resignation in a blisteringshortly thereafter, accusing Khan of numerous abuses of power, including muzzling dissent in the agency.
Khan has misled Congress about her adherence to the ethics process on at least one occasion. Sen. Mike Lee questioned Khan on recusal during her confirmation hearing. Khan said,"I would seek the guidance of the relevant ethics officials at the agency and proceed accordingly" when deciding to recuse herself. Apparently, Khan’s definition of"proceeding accordingly" means completely ignoring the recommendation of a career ethics official if it gets in the way of her agenda.
Khan’s failure to recuse herself from the Meta case raises an obvious question — are there other cases where Khan has ignored ethics advice?
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