# Gail Slater

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*Per Sean Davis, speaking on the same Megyn Kelly panel as Kiriakou, the head of the DOJ antitrust unit under Pam Bondi who was stripped of authority and then fired.*

- **Role:** Head of DOJ antitrust unit
- **Prior office:** JD Vance's office
- **Outcome:** Deputy fired, then Slater fired

**Gail Slater** was the official put in charge of the antitrust unit within the Department of Justice, coming from JD Vance's office and seen, per Sean Davis — a co-panelist alongside [John Kiriakou](https://www.kiripedia.org/wiki/john-kiriakou) on the same Megyn Kelly episode — as a "mega populist" who would translate that agenda into scrutiny of big tech and other large companies.[1]

Davis says the Bondi Department of Justice was "pretty actually bad" on antitrust, and that Slater "had all her power taken away" — firms that had reached settlements with the DOJ were able to sidestep her office and avoid the normal scrutiny that should accompany a settlement.[2] As an example, Davis cites the merger between Hewlett Packard Enterprise and Juniper Networks, providers of Wi-Fi and networking services to stadiums and hospitals, which he says was settled with the DOJ "behind closed doors, literally over cocktails" — raising, in his account, serious legal questions.[3]

When Slater's team objected to the settlement, one of her deputies was fired, and Slater herself was fired soon after.[4] Davis describes the episode as an example of campaign-trail populism that "cashed out as kind of crony capitalism" under [Pam Bondi](https://www.kiripedia.org/wiki/pam-bondi), and says he does not believe Bondi "did right by her."[4]

## Sources

1. Trump FIRES Bondi, CIA's "MK Ultra" History, and "Two Weeks" Spin, with Kiriakou, Davis and Ahmari (2026-04-02), at 07:44. Recording: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5pZp0HSDaa0&t=464s · Transcript: https://www.kiripedia.org/sources/2026-04-02-megyn-kelly-trump-fires-bondi-cia-s-mk-ultra-history-and-two-weeks-sp/
2. Trump FIRES Bondi, CIA's "MK Ultra" History, and "Two Weeks" Spin, with Kiriakou, Davis and Ahmari (2026-04-02), at 08:15. Recording: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5pZp0HSDaa0&t=495s · Transcript: https://www.kiripedia.org/sources/2026-04-02-megyn-kelly-trump-fires-bondi-cia-s-mk-ultra-history-and-two-weeks-sp/
3. Trump FIRES Bondi, CIA's "MK Ultra" History, and "Two Weeks" Spin, with Kiriakou, Davis and Ahmari (2026-04-02), at 08:46. Recording: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5pZp0HSDaa0&t=526s · Transcript: https://www.kiripedia.org/sources/2026-04-02-megyn-kelly-trump-fires-bondi-cia-s-mk-ultra-history-and-two-weeks-sp/
4. Trump FIRES Bondi, CIA's "MK Ultra" History, and "Two Weeks" Spin, with Kiriakou, Davis and Ahmari (2026-04-02), at 09:18. Recording: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5pZp0HSDaa0&t=558s · Transcript: https://www.kiripedia.org/sources/2026-04-02-megyn-kelly-trump-fires-bondi-cia-s-mk-ultra-history-and-two-weeks-sp/

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