A former Trump Justice Department official on Monday criticized what he called the administration’s “shocking” settlement with Live Nation and its subsidiary Ticketmaster, telling lawmakers that the department abused its prosecutorial discretion to reach the deal. Roger Alford, a former principal deputy assistant attorney general in the department’s Antitrust Division, appeared before a Democrat-led congressional […]
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Live Nation, which owns Ticketmaster, reached a settlement with the Department of Justice over antitrust concerns.
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