Google could face an antitrust case before the end of Trump’s term, says report

US Attorney General William P Barr plans to bring an antitrust case against Alphabet, Google’s parent company, and has dismissed lawyers’ request for more time to build a strong case, the New York Times reported.

Most of the more than 40-member team of lawyers who have been investigating the tech giant were opposed to orders to wrap up by the end of the month, the news organisation reported, quoting five people who were briefed on internal conversations of the Justice Department.

While some lawyers expressed concern that Barr was trying to get the case announced before the US election so that the credit would go to the Trump administration for bringing a powerful company to book,

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