Anti-Trust Chief Trump candidate says anti-conservative ad group Garm is engaged in “conspiracy”
President Donald Trump Dozi’s chief antitrust division candidate Abigail Slater testified at a Senate hearing about the now-repeated Global Alliance of Trade Associations for Responsible Media (GARM).
President Donald Trump’s candidate for anti-trust director of the Justice Department described the infamous advertising trade association that allegedly organized a boycott of conservative media engaged in “a certain amount of collusion.”
The Global Alliance of Responsible Media (GARM), an advertising trade association founded by the World Advertising Federation, has defined it as “a voluntary industrial initiative created in 2019 to address digital security.”
The group was founded after the shootings at a mosque in Christchurch New Zealand, and protected the brand from placing advertisements next to “illegal or harmful content” such as posts supporting child pornography and terrorism. I’ve said that. The group claimed it was “non-political.”
President Donald Trump Dozi’s chief antitrust division candidate Abigail Slater testified at a Senate hearing. (Fox News)
but, House Judiciary Committee It issued a report accusing them of conspiring to punish the organization. It punishes politically unapproved organizations and engages in industry-wide ad boycotts on politically disadvantaged platforms, news outlets and podcasts, including Elon Musk, Joe Rogan, Spotify, Fox News, and The Daily Wire Wire. Not there. and Breitbart News.
When asked at a hearing Wednesday by Senator Eric Schmidt (R-Mo.), advertisers conspired to boycott certain “conservative news sites,” and the federal antitrust law states. The illegal price correction based on Trump Dozi’s chief candidate in the antitrust division failed to answer the hypothesis she said, but quickly steered the conversation. Towards Garm.
Missouri Sen. Schmidt questioned Trump’s anti-trust chief during a Senate hearing. (Fox News)
“What we saw with reports and facts and evidence from House Garm Report…the evidence shows that there are patterns of behavior involving trade associations that selectively halt advertising on behalf of domestic and international brands. There have been times. Slater is a dollar or advice company that prevents advertising dollars from being sent to certain companies.
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President Trump has appointed Slater to lead the DOJ antitrust division. (Getty Images/Alex Scott via Getty Images/Bloomberg)
“I think it’s fair to say. There has been a certain amount of conspiracy through this trade association. I think the patterns of action are very troubling,” she testified.
Slater argued that Garm’s actions took 90% of our advertising spending to affected businesses.
Adidas, American Express, Bayer, BP, Carhartt, Chanel, CVS and General Motors are all said to have been involved in Garm.
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Garm leader and co-founder Rob Rakowitz expressed his dissatisfaction with the “extreme global interpretation of the US Constitution” and used “principles of governance” to 230 years ago (only for white men) I have rejected applying them as literal laws. ”
Garm was closed in 2024 and cited “allegations that its purpose and activity unfortunately distracted its resources and finances.”