Business Moguls Urge Harris to Dump Biden’s FTC Chair Lina Khan

Lina Khan has never been popular with billionaires, but now two prominent business titans want Vice President Kamala Harris to ditch the Federal Trade Commission chair if she wins the White House.

In televised interviews last week, LinkedIn co-founder Reid Hoffman and media mogul Barry Diller called on Harris to fire Khan, saying her aggressive enforcement agenda is bad for business. Both men are also affiliated with companies facing FTC scrutiny.

Khan, who at 35 is the youngest person to helm the FTC, has ramped up antitrust and consumer protection enforcement, a cornerstone of the Biden administration’s economic policy. She ...