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Trump fires FTC’s only two Democrats: ‘The President just illegally fired me’

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64% Informative

The FTC was founded 111 years ago to fight fraudsters and monopolists.

The US supreme court ruled in 1935 to uphold a law that allows FTC commissioners to be fired only for good cause, such as neglecting their duties.

The ruling is meant to shield a number of independent and bipartisan agencies from direct control by the White House .

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