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Report says Trump ordered top adviser Cohn to block AT&T-Time Warner merger
P.S. The merger was blocked.
"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.
President Donald Trump ordered one of his top advisers to block the AT&T-Time Warner merger last year, The New Yorker reported on Monday, citing a well-informed source.
In the late summer of 2017, Trump asked Gary Cohn, then Trump's chief economic adviser, to pressure the Justice Department to file a lawsuit to block a planned $85 billion merger between the two companies, according to the magazine.
“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!”
As they walked out of the meeting, Cohn reportedly told Kelly not to call the Justice Department, saying, "We are not going to do business that way," according to the source.
In the late summer of 2017, Trump asked Gary Cohn, then Trump's chief economic adviser, to pressure the Justice Department to file a lawsuit to block a planned $85 billion merger between the two companies, according to the magazine.
“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!”
As they walked out of the meeting, Cohn reportedly told Kelly not to call the Justice Department, saying, "We are not going to do business that way," according to the source.
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/white-house/report-says-trump-ordered-top-adviser-cohn-block-t-time-n978906
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