Democrats Sound the Antitrust Alarm Over SpaceX-EchoStar Spectrum Deal

A pair of Democratic lawmakers are raising antitrust and corruption concerns about SpaceX’s deal to acquire valuable radio spectrum from EchoStar to improve its cellular Starlink system. 

On Thursday, Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and US Rep. Greg Casar (D-Texas) sent letters to the Justice Department and the Federal Communications Commission, urging them to closely scrutinize the SpaceX-EchoStar deal. 

Both lawmakers are asking the agencies to also challenge and block the…