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WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. District Judge Amit Mehta peppered the Justice Department and Alphabet's Google with questions during the first day of closing arguments in the government's antitrust lawsuit against the online search leader. The Justice Department hammered away at Google in a trial that started on Sept. 12, arguing the search engine giant is a monopolist and illegally abused its power to favor its bottom line. The second day of closing arguments is set for Friday.

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The Department of Justice and Google made some of their final arguments about the search engine’s alleged anticompetitive behavior in closing arguments.