Omeed Assefi
Role at the time: Former acting assistant attorney general for the Antitrust Division
Condemned
Statement summary
Omeed Assefi, who led the Justice Department probe, says the producers reached a point where they no longer wanted to compete and were coordinating to ensure outcomes that benefited them and not the consumer.
“They reach a point where they no longer want to compete, and they’re coordinating to ensure outcomes that benefit all of them and then don’t benefit the consumer,”
Open source (opens in a new tab)Omeed Assefi on the egg-pricing caseOmeed Assefi quotation
POLITICO interviewed Assefi about the egg-pricing investigation he had led. The article was published October 18.
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Assefi criticizes the alleged coordination as a departure from competition that harms consumers.