FTC’s Lena Khan may face congressional hearing over legal controversy

House Oversight Committee members Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) and Nancy Mays (R-South Carolina) have pledged to schedule hearings in the coming months to find out if FTC Chair Lina Khan is abiding by the law, sources close to the situation told The Post. .

It comes after Trump-appointed FTC Commissioner Christine Wilson, who joined the powerful group in 2018, announced plans to step down in a February 14 Wall Street Journal article that criticized Khan for alleged “disregard for the rule of law and due process of law.” ‘ and ‘abuse of state power’.

Behind the scenes, high-ranking Republicans also opposed Khan. U.S. Senator Mike Lee (D-Utah), a member of the Judiciary Committee overseeing the FTC, lamented in a speech at the February 4 Club for Growth private event in Sea Island, Georgia, that the agency was bogged down in “Khan’s wrath,” the source said.

Khan declined to comment.

Lee also stated that “the FTC should be destroyed” – apparently in connection with the current regime, and not with the agency itself, according to one of the participants.

Senator Lee did not return calls for comment. Representatives for Jordan and Mace declined to comment.