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❓WHAT HAPPENED: The House Judiciary Committee is requesting a briefing from the Department of Justice (DOJ) regarding the circumstances surrounding the ouster of Assistant Attorney General Gail Slater, who oversaw the agency’s Antitrust Division.

👤WHO WAS INVOLVED: The House Judiciary Committee, Gail Slater, Republican influencer Mike Davis, Attorney General Pam Bondi, Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche, White House Chief of Staff Susie Wiles, former DOJ staffers Roger Alford and Bill Rinner, along with Compass, Hewlett-Packard (HP), and Live Nation.

📍WHEN & WHERE: Slater left the DOJ on February 19, 2026, and the House Judiciary requested a briefing on the matter on Wednesday, February 25.

💬KEY QUOTE: “With the departure of AAG Slater, it appears there are no longer any principled antitrust experts left to guard the antitrust division from this cascade of corruption.” — House Judiciary letter

🎯IMPACT: Slater’s abrupt resignation is steeped in allegations that Republican influencer Mike Davis—founder of the Article III Project (A3P) and the MRDLaw legal services firm—worked to undermine the DOJ antitrust chief’s standing with Attorney General Pam Bondi to the benefit of corporate clients he reportedly represents.

The House Judiciary Committee has opened an investigation into the circumstances surrounding the ouster of Assistant Attorney General Gail Slater, who oversaw the Department of Justice’s (DOJ) Antitrust Division until last week. Slater’s abrupt departure is steeped in allegations that Republican influencer Mike Davis—founder of the Article III Project (A3P) and the MRDLaw legal services firm—worked to undermine the DOJ antitrust chief’s standing with Attorney General Pam Bondi to the benefit of corporate clients he reportedly represents.

Slater, who came highly recommended after working in Vice President J.D. Vance’s old Senate office, is believed to have refused to roll over so that Republican influencers could make large amounts of cash lobbying for corporate America.

Numerous sources close to the DOJ’s Antitrust Division and lobbying operations in Washington, D.C., who spoke with The National Pulse, claim Davis oversaw a public relations campaign targeting Slater on behalf of alleged clients, including Compass, Hewlett-Packard (HP), and Live Nation. Multiple individuals pointed to a heated meeting last July after the firing of two of Slater’s lieutenants, Roger Alford and Bill Rinner, during which White House Chief of Staff Susie Wiles admonished Bondi and her deputy, Todd Blanche, over Davis’s DOJ access and his role in instigating infighting within the department.

“With the departure of AAG Slater, it appears there are no longer any principled antitrust experts left to guard the antitrust division from this cascade of corruption,” the House Judiciary letter, sent to Attorney General Bondi on Wednesday, states. It adds, “The leadership vacuum is occurring just as the antitrust division is handling historic cases.”

The inquiry is likely to focus on Davis and his efforts to influence the DOJ, especially the Antitrust Division. Following Slater’s resignation, Davis took to social media, taking credit for her ouster—writing in one post, “Good riddance.”

In private messages reviewed by The National Pulse, Davis wrote, “I’ve done more than anyone here on the big tech antitrust fight. Gail was a disaster. I recommended her hiring. And her firing.” When The National Pulse reached out to Davis for comment following Slater’s ouster, he abruptly responded, “Go fuck yourself,” despite rising to fame on the back of Stephen K. Bannon’s War Room show, which was co-founded by The National Pulse’s Editor-in-Chief, Raheem J. Kassam.

Sources have suggested that Davis played a key role in pushing the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to drop a case against Pepsi and Walmart involving allegations of price fixing. Davis is facing scrutiny over HP’s $14 billion acquisition of Juniper Networks as well, with U.S. District Court Judge Casey Pitts conducting a Tunney Act review of the case’s unusual settlement.

“What if I told you this was happening because greedy, fake-MAGA world grifters and lobbyists are upset that the antitrust team was actually doing their job instead of taking cash from big corporates to turn a blind eye to monopolistic practices?” The National Pulse Editor-in-Chief Raheem Kassam warned in a post on X (formerly Twitter) last July.

What if I told you this was happening because greedy, fake-MAGA world grifters and lobbyists are upset that the antitrust team was actually doing their job instead of taking cash from big corporates to turn a blind eye to monopolistic practices? 👀 https://t.co/UL9ymj0bVu

— Raheem J. Kassam (@RaheemKassam) July 29, 2025

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