Well, the Justice Department did investigate and ended up accusing three major egg producers of doing exactly that. Colluding to artificially inflate egg prices. But Instead of taking these three companies to court, the Trump administration let them off with barely a slap on the wrist, a measly 3 million dollar fine. One company alone made more than 1.2 billion. That's with a B in profits last year. That's just plain wrong. No wonder families are still paying too much at the grocery store. (00:53–01:04)
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Asserts that the Trump administration fined the companies $3 million instead of taking them to court.
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