perry s attorneys are calling for a new trial, saying they want to introduce evidence that foster repeatedly instigated confrontations and was the quote first aggressor. when the murder happened on july 25th 2020 perry, now a 35 year old army sergeant. worked as a rideshare driver and had just dropped off a passenger near a blm protest. prosecutors say perry drove into the protest and instigated a confrontation. perry s attorneys say foster, a 28 year old air force veteran motion to perry as protesters were beating on his car practice something some of them right legally carrying an assault style weapon. that night . perry had a handgun in his car and at some point in the exchange. he fired multiple times, killing foster. during the police interrogation. perry gave several versions of the position of foster s gun was going in there. they want to, you know, also told police he did not try to kill foster honestly did not want to want him to die. i wanted to do was capacity him.
The high-profile effort to engage with the tech community marks a shift in Khan s outreach strategy. She made a similar, but more low-key attempt in New York in June, meeting a small group of venture capital investors and speaking about tech regulations at a local bookstore.
Republicans charged that Lina Khan is "harassing" Twitter since its acquisition by Elon Musk, arbitrarily suing large tech companies and declining to recuse herself from certain cases. In April, the committee subpoenaed Khan after an investigation by the panel that concluded the agency went after Musk for political reasons.
In March, the FTC confirmed it was conducting an investigation into Twitter s privacy practices. The agency has been concerned whether Twitter had the staffing to abide by a May 2022 settlement with the FTC in which it agreed to improve its privacy practices.
House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer (R-KY) is launching an investigation into Federal Trade Commission Chairwoman Lina Khan after the sudden resignation of FTC Commissioner Christine Wilson earlier this year.