AT&T drops political bias defense in Time Warner deal suit [telecom]

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by Hadas Gold

AT&T indicated Friday that it no longer intends to make allegations of political bias as part of its defense against the Justice Department's lawsuit to block its purchase of Time Warner, CNN's parent company.

When the DOJ filed the lawsuit in November, AT&T and Time Warner claimed as one element of their public defense that the government was "selectively enforcing" antitrust law in targeting the deal, and that it was motivated to do so because of President Donald Trump's animus toward CNN.