February 16, 2018
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Department of Justice on Friday moved to prevent AT&T Inc <T.N> from arguing that politics played a role in the federal government’s decision to stop its merger with Time Warner Inc <T.N>, a deal that President Donald Trump had publicly criticized.
“There was no selective enforcement,” Justice Department lawyer Craig Conrath said at a court hearing on pretrial preparations for the wireless and pay TV provider’s case.
(Reporting by Diane Bartz and David Shepardson; Writing by Susan Heavey; Editing by Jonathan Oatis)
