Schmidt and Levinson are directors for Apple and GoogleThe Federal Trade Commission may be taking an interest in Eric Schmidt’s role as a member of Apple’s board of directors, but the Google CEO doesn’t see what the big deal is. Speaking to reporters before Google’s annual shareholders meeting, Schmidt said he had no plans to step down from Apple’s board and predicted that the government’s probe wouldn’t find anything wrong with the close relationship between Google and Apple, according to this Associated Press report.