Click on the 'Listen' button above to hear this segment. The Justice Department announced on Monday that they are formally suing to prevent AT&T's $85.4 billion bid for Time Warner. The DOJ says the deal would "harm American consumers" by combining one of the nation's telecom giants with a major internet and subscription television provider. AT&T's general counsel made it clear that the company plans to challenge the Justice Department’s suit in court.
Meanwhile,some people are wondering whether President Trump’s very public disdain for CNN, a Time Warner company, or has anything to enact his administration moving to block the deal.
Lina Khan,director of legal policy at the Open Markets Institute and a visiting fellow with Yale Law School, weighs in. This segment is hosted by Todd Zwillich
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