FTC Commissioner Christine Wilson plans to resign due to Lina Khan - WSJ op-ed
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Federal Trade Commissioner Christine Wilson said she she plans to resign from the Federal Trade Commission.
"Much ink has been spilled about Lina Khanâs attempts to remake federal antitrust law as chairman of the Federal Trade Commission," Wilson, a Republican, wrote in WSJ op-ed piece on Tuesday. "Less has been said about her disregard for the rule of law and due process and the way senior FTC officials enable her. I have failed repeatedly to persuade Ms. Khan and her enablers to do the right thing, and I refuse to give their endeavor any further hint of legitimacy by remaining. Accordingly, I will soon resign as an FTC commissioner."
Since the resignation of fellow Republican Noah Phillips in October, Wilson has been the only Republican commissioner at the FTC.
Wilson's resignation comes as the Biden administration, specifically under Khan, has taken a tough stance on antitrust matters and is especially focused on big tech like Amazon (AMZN) and Meta (META). Several media outlets reported earlier this month that FTC is preparing a potential antitrust lawsuit against Amazon due to alleged anticompetitive business practices.
The FTC last year also sued to block Lockheed Martin's (LMT) $4.4 billion purchase of Aerojet Rocketdyne (AJRD).
Wilson specifically addressed Khan's refusal to recuse herself in the FTC's lawsuit to attempt to block Meta's purchase of Within, which the FTC lost earlier this month when a a federal judge rule Meta can buy virtual reality company Within Unlimited. 
"Although serving as an FTC commissioner has been the highest honor of my professional career, I must follow my own advice and resign in the face of continuing lawlessness, "Wilson wrote. "Consider this my noisy exit." 
Wilson also took issue with the FTC's proposed rule that will ban employers from imposing noncompete clauses on their workers, as the agency argues the tactics are used to suppress wages and hamper innovation.
"This proposed rule defies the Supreme Courtâs decision in West Virginia v. EPA (2022), which held that an agency canât claim âto discover in a long-extant statute an unheralded power representing a transformative expansion in its regulatory authority," Wilson added