The Department of Justice (DOJ) has fired two top officials from its antitrust division for insubordination, an agency spokesperson confirmed Tuesday.

Roger Alford, principal deputy assistant attorney general, and Bill Rinner, deputy assistant attorney general and head of merger enforcement, were both let go from their roles in the administration.

The firings, first reported by CBS News, come amid growing internal disagreements within the DOJ’s antitrust division.

The division is responsible for handling several of the administration’s most high-profile antitrust cases, including two lawsuits against Google and another against Apple.........

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