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 forum on Capitol Hill and said he was speaking on behalf of traditional Republicans who care about the strong enforcement of antitrust laws.
