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DOJ blasted for automaker probe following angry Trump tweets

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June 24, 2020 08:48 PM

WASHINGTON -- House Democrats criticized the Justice Department Wednesday after one of its career attorneys testified an antitrust investigation was launched into automakers that agreed to meet California’s strict tailpipe emissions rules the day after President Donald Trump fumed about the arrangement on Twitter.

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