The Justice Department has ended its antitrust investigation of automakers who formed a voluntary deal with California to reduce air pollution
— a probe that was one of a series of punitive Trump administration actions against blue states and their liberal policies.
A spokesperson for Ford and a DOJ official familiar with the investigation confirmed to POLITICO that the probe had been dropped.DOJ was investigating whether Ford, Volkswagen, Honda and BMW illegally coordinated last year when they agreed to follow California's stringent vehicle fuel-economy targets, largely out of concern for climate change.
California Gov. Gavin Newsom had attacked the DOJ inquiry as politically motivated and part of a pattern in President Donald Trump's feud with the state over environmental rules and other issues. “These trumped up charges were always a sham — a blatant attempt by the Trump administration to prevent more automakers from joining California and agreeing to stronger emissions standards," Newsom said in a statement Friday. "This is a big loss for the President and his weaponization of federal agencies — and a victory for anyone who cares about the rule of law and clean air.”
In addition to the antitrust probe, Trump's agencies have also threatened to take away California's highway funding,
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