DOJ's antitrust chief said he talks to Trump but not about important mergers

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Makan Delrahim, the assistant attorney general of the Justice Department's antitrust division, spoke at the DealBook Conference on Wednesday.

Delrahim, the assistant attorney general for the DOJ's antitrust division, discussed his relationship with Trump at The New York Times

on Wednesday. Delrahim's office is reportedly leading several antitrust investigations in the tech industry and earlier this year announced a broad review of tech power." anchor Andrew Ross Sorkin, Delrahim was asked if his life would be easier if the president stayed quiet on cases his division is tasked with assessing.

"The president of the United States has the right just like any other citizen," to speak his mind, Delrahim said, noting that several Democratic senators wrote to him about the AT&T case while it was ongoing.that the move might have been motivated by the president's animus toward CNN, which Time Warner owns. The DOJ has denied that claim.

 

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