President Donald Trump fired the FTC's only two Democratic commissioners, prompting a hearing Wednesday on claims that they were terminated illegally. Democrat FTC commissioners Alvaro Bedoya and Rebecca Kelly Slaughter alleged that Trump criminally terminated them as a White House official confirmed their dismissals but did not provide further details.

A commissioner with the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) said he was “illegally fired” by President Trump. In a statement posted to social platform X, Alvaro Bedoya said he was wrongfully terminated

Trump's dismissal of two Federal Trade Commission members Tuesday echo his recent moves against Democrats at other independent federal agencies.