“I didn’t make that decision,” Trump told reporters. Delrahim, who supported Trump during the campaign and served nine months as a White House lawyer, is responsible for overseeing the AT&T transaction. The White House has also said that Trump has not spoken to Attorney General Jeff Sessions about the matter, nor were any White House officials authorized to speak to the Justice Department on it. AT&T CEO Randall Stephenson said on Nov. 9 that he's willing to go to court if the Justice Department blocks a $85.4 billion deal to buy media giant Time Warner. Those remarks put AT&T and the Justice Department on a collision course, policy analysts said, which may lead to the department suing to block the deal.

Source: Washington Post November 11, 2017 18:04 UTC