Ohio's Jordan Questions OMI’s Role in FTC’s Review of Musk's Twitter Buy

The Open Markets Institute may be using its close relationship with FTC Chair Lina Khan to block Elon Musk’s Twitter buy (see 2204290074), House Judiciary Committee ranking member Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, wrote the agency Wednesday. Jordan asked the FTC if it played any role in OMI’s statement requesting that enforcers block the deal and whether the agency took any action in response to the statement. Khan was OMI’s legal director before joining the FTC. Jordan asked the agency to preserve any records on Musk’s pending deal. “OMI appears to believe that the FTC will be receptive to its cavalier effort to influence a federal agency that is run by its former employee,” Jordan wrote. OMI and the agency didn’t comment.