Biden official works with Klobuchar on anti-Big Tech bills

Top officials in the Biden administration are working with Democratic Sen. Amy Klobuchar on new anti-monopoly legislation to rein in Big Tech companies, according to two people familiar with the matter.

The move indicates the White House is shifting some attention away from the bipartisan antitrust bills moving through the House.

Tim Wu, Biden's tech czar in the White House and one of the loudest critics of Silicon Valley's powers, along with others within Biden's National Economic Council, are working directly with Klobuchar and her staff on tech-related antitrust legislation, according to people with knowledge of the situation.

Klobuchar is the chairwoman of the Senate antitrust panel that has jurisdiction over the Big Tech companies. She recently wrote a 600-page book on antitrust.