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Senate Democrats Target Trump’s Alleged Interference Into Mega Media Merger

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By Chris White -

Sen. Chris Van Hollen wants U.S. Attorney General William Barr to investigate whether President Donald Trump played a heavy role in recent media merger reviews, Axios reported Friday.

The Maryland Democrat’s request comes as other members of his party are asking for information related to a New Yorker report that the president directed officials to ensure the Department of Justice sue to block the AT&T-Time Warner deal. Van Hollen made the request in a letter to Barr, who was confirmed in February as former AG Jeff Sessions permanent replacement.

Van Hollen claimed in an interview with Axios that is not “suggesting that the findings from DOJ in AT&T were wrong” to block the merger between Time Warner and AT&T,  but that it was important “to understand whether or not the White House interfered with the decision.” The New Yorker piece fleshes out in detail the connections between Fox Chairman Rupert Murdoch, who opposed the merger.

House Judiciary Chairman Rep. Jerrold Nadler of New York and Rep. David Cicilline of Rhode Island are among a slew of Democrats targeting the case. Nadler and Cicilline sent letters to DOJ Antitrust division and White House counsel Pat Cipollone asking them for documents related to the blocked merger.

Critics called the DOJ’s move unusual, given that AT&T and Time Warner aren’t competitors — where AT&T is a telecommunications firm that provides wireless service, while Time Warner is an entertainment conglomerate that owns movie studios, cable networks, and publishing houses (or, a supplier). The fusion of distributors and supplier is often referred to as vertical integration.

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