> In the latest sign that the Justice Department is moving swiftly, staff members appear to have begun drafting a case memo to test its legal argument, three other people connected to the case said. The agency has assigned a growing number of employees to the inquiry, and it has brought in an economic expert who could testify at a trial. The details of the internal maneuvers were gathered from interviews with more than 20 people, most of whom would speak only anonymously because the deliberations were private.
> “I think the prevailing winds right now are winds that would result in more criticism if they decided not to bring a case than if they brought a weak case and lost,” said Charles James, who led the Justice Department’s antitrust division in the early 2000s.
> “I think the prevailing winds right now are winds that would result in more criticism if they decided not to bring a case than if they brought a weak case and lost,” said Charles James, who led the Justice Department’s antitrust division in the early 2000s.
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