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US: Ex-ethics chief says Trump: Tweet on CNN could be evidence in AT&T case

By  |  November 26, 2017

Norm Eisen, the chief White House ethics lawyer under former President Obama, warned President Trump on Saturday, November 25, that his latest tweet targeting CNN could be used against the Justice Department (DOJ) in its legal fight to block AT&T’s merger with Time Warner.

“Dear Dodo-in-Chief: u realize that this tweet is going 2be an exhibit against u in the DOJ -TimeWarner antitrust case right? It also smacks of collusion since u did it on day when Vlad cracked down on US networks,” Eisen tweeted. “For that reason, it may open u to other civil liability.”

Trump reignited his feud with CNN on Saturday, accusing the network on Twitter of spreading “fake news” and representing the US “poorly” across the globe.

That tweet came days after the DOJ sued to stop AT&T’s US$85 billion takeover of Time Warner, the parent company of CNN. The lawsuit argues that the merger violates US antitrust laws and would ultimately hurt consumers by creating a media behemoth.

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