Google has asked the Department of Justice for the newly confirmed head of antitrust, Jonathan Kanter, to recuse himself from the agency’s antitrust lawsuit against the company due to his past work for companies opposing the tech giant and his own statements critical of its practices.
Google’s push to sideline Kanter is part of a broader effort by the largest digital platform companies to fight back against President Joe Biden’s appointment of a new generation of antitrust enforcers who are highly critical of Big Tech companies and the longtime legal consensus on antitrust.
Kanter, an…
