Back to the Trump AT&T Smackdown

It now seems increasingly clear – because of the lack of any credible alternative explanation – that the White House is trying to squeeze AT&T because of the President’s vendetta against CNN. Rupert Murdoch’s role in the story is just the latest new development. But there’s something else I wanted to share, courtesy of a lawyer friend.

I don’t know how I hadn’t heard this before. But before Makan Delrahim was confirmed to lead the Antitrust Division at the Justice Department, what was he doing? He was Deputy Assistant to President Trump and Deputy Counsel in the White House Counsel’s office. Indeed, he was charged with (successfully) shepherding the nomination and confirmation of Neil Gorsuch through the Senate.

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