Ever since the Justice Department sued in 2017 to block AT&T's acquisition of Time Warner, theories and accusations of political animus has swirled around the antitrust case. At the heart of the theories is Trump's public dislike of CNN, which was a division of Time Warner. The company that has since been renamed WarnerMedia, which also includes networks such TNT and HBO, in addition to CNN.
A 2016 campaign press release cited by AT&T during the appeals trial state that"AT&T ... is now trying to buy Time Warner and thus the wildly anti-Trump CNN. Donald Trump would never approve such a deal."Cohn, the White House and the Justice Department did not immediately respond to request for comment. The Justice Department has long denied that politics played a role in their decision to bring the suit.
Of course he did I’ve been saying this for a year! No republican is ever against mergers especially this one being a vertical merger. He wanted his buddy Rupert Murdoch to purchase cnn. They were trying to make a condition of approval a sell off of some assets - again cnn.
Is there any proof to this?
This is an impeachable offense to interfere in a business deal bc it would affect his buddies at Fox &Sinclair, AT&T should file suit against Trump
CNN and the wacko followers
They are really getting desperate now
Fake news ...
more fake news and twisting Trumps words
Is Ralph Northam still in office?
Poor CNN. The Derangement is strong with them ...
So now you quote other news instead of doing your own investigation. Sad and lazy.
Not to interested in Trump's involvement here as the deal is akin to staking turds.
Yea right like we believe you with a source without a name post some real names and then I’ll start believing
JaneMayerNYer couldnt even articulate a sentence without using “um” after every two words during her interview this morning!! 😳🤔🤭
Pics or it didnt happen, liars.
Yet again the title is misleading to manipulate and indoctrinate your readers
Good for POTUS! Mega media merger monopolies have gotten WAY out of hand! It is about time we had a leader who won’t get bought off to let them go on and further consolidate to the detriment of the public!
I am feeling quite charitable this morning so I will throw The Dems a bone. Here is some evidence to help support your Russian Collusion story.
Mergers like this have been stopped many times in the past. Nothing corrupt, or even new about this. It's actually necessary and needs to happen more so we can avoid a repeat situation of companies that are 'too big to fail'
that must be socialism
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while president .?
Someone say that someone says. CNNFakeNews
What a bunch of activists you’ve shown yourselves to be. JournalismIsDead
The cases of corruption just keep on giving. Honestly is it possible that Trump will manage to wriggle out of countless crimes?
Impeach.
Why is anyone surprised? Turn over the rocks on any crooked deal and you will find DT.
The congress is doing legitimate oversight yet the media is calling it overreach already. With so many crimes and malfeasances how does congress prioritize the investigations?
Trump thinks he's a dictator. 'We are living through a full-fledged crisis in our democracy.'
Nonsense. More made up unknown sources
New wave against Trump from fake news propaganda
Is realDonaldTrump a dictator or what?
CNN, reporting on a story from The New Yorker, reporting on info from anonymous sources. Go ahead. Toss in VICE or Vox or Salon or HuffPo. See if you can make your reporting even MORE suspicious of being fake as all hell.
There are laws against Monopolies
(Sources said) BULLS--T PROPAGANDA courtesy of Creative News Network.
Who? He is NotMyPresident, he is:
New Yorker... Real trustworthy.
Gee, another Trump bashing story based on an 'anonymous source'.
It may turn out to be what appears like the smallest of things that ends up bringing thump down.
See Trump is mafia. Anything bad that comes his way he has brought it himself.
Yaawn
How is this news?
All of this is secondary to yesterday’s passing of RealKKBundy. 😭
Sky is blue. Water is wet. What’s anyone gonna do about it?
Abuse of power.