As the landmark antitrust trial over Google’s search engine monopoly winds down, this revelation could prove pivotal.
Judge Amit Mehta expressed incredulity, not mincing words when addressing Google’s attorneys.
He stated his surprise that a major tech company would deliberately destroy records like that.
The Justice Department has been forthright in its approach.
Essentially, the government wants the court to assume the worst about those undisclosed conversations.
But DOJ lawyer Kenneth Dintzer pushed back hard.
Now, the high-stakes case rests in Judge Mehta’s hands.
Regardless of the trial’s outcome, the battle is far from over.
The DOJ has a second antitrust skirmish against Google’s ads business looming this fall.
