The Senate Intelligence Committee even left an open chair to highlight Google's absence, which lawmakers such as Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine) called an "outrage." The shifting of Google’s political fortunes ends a period of relative calm for the company in Washington. Trump last month alleged Google search results had been “rigged” against him, and his administration at one point threatened regulation. Lawmakers rejected that idea, insisting on Larry Page, the chief executive of Google’s parent company, Alphabet, or Google CEO Sundar Pichai. Senate lawmakers do not plan to subpoena Google to testify, a spokeswoman for Intelligence Committee Chairman Sen. Richard Burr (R-N.C.) said Friday.

Source: Washington Post September 10, 2018 14:58 UTC