Report: Trump ordered top adviser Cohn to block AT&T-Time Warner merger

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President Trump ordered one of his top advisers to block the AT&T-Time Warner merger last year, The New Yorker reports, citing a well-informed source.

"I want that deal blocked!” Trump reportedly fumed to Gary Cohn and White House chief of staff John Kelly during an Oval Office meeting in 2017. But Cohn refused.

“I’ve been telling Cohn to get this lawsuit filed and nothing’s happened!" Trump reportedly fumed to Cohn and White House chief of staff John Kelly during an Oval Office meeting."I’ve mentioned it 50 times. And nothing’s happened. I want to make sure it’s filed. I want that deal blocked!” The news of Trump's involvement in the merger was part of a longer article by Jane Mayer documenting the unusually close relationship between Trump and Fox News.

At the time, the comments fueled concerns of a connection between the Justice Department's lawsuit and his opinion of Time Warner's CNN, whose coverage he has decried as"fake news.” The New Yorker also reported that as the 2016 presidential campaign was coming to an end, a Fox News reporter, Diana Falzone, uncovered the details of the hush-money payment that Trump's former longtime lawyer, Michael Cohen, made to porn star Stormy Daniels, who alleges an affair with Trump in 2006 — an allegation Trump has repeatedly denied. The magazine reported that Fox News executives decided not to publish the story.

 

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Reasons to impeach this guy he has abused every square inch of this Government and laws and yet Republicans cover for him what's wrong with this picture.

o.k. so cite that 'well-informed' source. Otherwise this is just more bullshi* from NBC. The company that hides all of its problems behind lies and cover ups. Stop the hate and the lies.

Well informed source=Shitty journalists making things up! Great reporting

Sure sold some swampland in Florida too

Fake news

KrisKetzKMBC Another anonymously sourced article. When most of these publications turn out to be wrong, why should anyone believe them?

'well informed source'. Suuuuure.

Are we done yet?!

So the President was trying to interfere with the business market like a damn Commie, 'Merica was built on free enterprise and economic policy freedom was it not? 😉

he didn't get his way. Cohn is a coward for not bringing out trump's lack of everything !

Well-informed could also mean ill-informed.......

People don’t believe your “well informed sources” anymore. You need to show proof of your work from now on like back in high school...fakenews

'well-informed' source means some fake news reporter made it up.....again...

Tired of unnamed sources. Probably a good thing that didn’t go thru though ~ Monopolies...too many.

Gee, another trump bashing story based on a 'anonymous source' again!

The president won’t let us monopolize. Waaaaaaa!

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