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Sen. Mike Lee Has 'Questions' About FTC’s Decision To Not Investigate Google

Republican Sen. Mike Lee of Utah has some questions about the FTC’s decision to not investigate Google. A spokeswoman for Lee told us the senator plans to “discuss these matters with the FTC and the parties,” but has “no plans…

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at this time to hold a hearing,” she said. “In short, we are interested in how the FTC allowed a confidential report to be disclosed and, second, what conversations if any the FTC or Google had with the White House about the pending investigation,” the spokeswoman said. “We are not likely at this time to re-examine the underlying merits of the investigation, which was closed. Our interest is in oversight.” Google and the FTC had no immediate comment.