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Slaughter 'can't show entitlement' to FTC reinstatement, Trump tells US court

By Khushita Vasant ( July 21, 2025, 23:05 GMT | Insight) -- President Donald Trump and co-defendants at the US Federal Trade Commission filed an emergency motion to stay the reinstatement of Rebecca Kelly Slaughter to the agency, saying a federal district court exceeded the scope of its equitable powers by issuing a favorable injunction. FTC Chairman Andrew Ferguson, Republican Commissioner Melissa Holyoak and Executive Director David Robbins also told the US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit that the lower court is "misguided" that it is bound by a 1935 Supreme Court decision.US President Donald Trump and co-defendants at the Federal Trade Commission filed an emergency motion today to stay the reinstatement of Rebecca Kelly Slaughter, the Democratic commissioner fired by Trump, to the agency. The co-defendants said a US district court exceeded the scope of its equitable powers by issuing a favorable injunction....

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