Lina Khan Rejected FTC Ethics Recommendation to Recuse in Meta Case
- Top ethics official recommended FTC chair step back from case
- Khan, FTC Dems determined appearance not enough for recusal
The Federal Trade Commission Chair Lina Khan declined to recuse herself from an FTC case against Meta Platforms Inc., despite the advice of the agency’s top ethics official, according to internal agency documents.
The FTC’s ethics official recommended that Khan remove herself from the case to avoid the appearance of bias, but left it up to Khan to decide, concluding it wasn’t an ethics violation if she took part.