President-elect Donald Trump’s pick to lead the DOJ’s antitrust division is a seasoned attorney who served on the White House’s National Economic Council in 2018. An economic adviser for vice president-elect JD Vance, she was expected to crack down on Big Tech in particular. Otherwise, Slater, who also served as a regulator with the Federal Trade Commission in the George W. Bush and Obama administrations, was anticipated to relax regulations around mergers and acquisitions, which could favor larger real estate enterprises.