Redacted FTC Docs on Consumer Protection Chief’s Conflicts Draw Ire of Public Citizen
Nearly 500 pages of redacted FTC documents about the handling of Consumer Protection Bureau Director Andrew Smith’s potential conflicts of interest (see 1807190040) drew the ire of Public Citizen Friday. The documents obtained through a Freedom of Information Act request…
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from Public Citizen were almost all “wholly or partially redacted,” Civil Justice and Consumer Rights Counsel Remington Gregg said, saying he has seen documents with national security implications that had fewer redactions: “Rather than release the documents that would show just how he will remove himself from real or perceived conflicts of interests when these companies are investigated by the agency, the FTC has chosen instead to send a mix of documents that quite literally say nothing.” The FTC didn’t comment.