Facebook looks like it’s preparing for war with Trump after hiring a top Department of Justice antitrust lawyer

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  • Facebook looks like it is preparing for war with Donald Trump.
  • The firm has hired Kate Patchen, the chief of the Department of Justice’s antitrust division in San Francisco.
  • It follows Trump saying that his administration is “looking at” antitrust proceedings against Google, Amazon, and Facebook.
  • Facebook is also hiring a lead counsel on competition matters in Washington.

Facebook has hired one of the top antitrust lawyers in Silicon Valley, in a sign that the company could be preparing for war with Donald Trump’s administration.

Kate Patchen, the chief of the Department of Justice’s antitrust division in San Francisco, has joined Facebook as director and associate general counsel of litigation.

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