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1 week agoSenate Democrats want to know: was YouTube's Trump settlement a bribe?
In a letter to Google CEO Sundar Pichai and YouTube CEO Neal Mohan, five Senators - Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), Ron Wyden (D-OR), Bernie Sanders (I-VT), Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), and Jeff Merkley (D-OR) - asked for details about any settlement talks between those companies and the Trump administration. They're interested in whether Google secured favorable treatment as a result of the payout, including leniency in multiple ongoing antitrust lawsuits, something they warn could constitute an illegal bribe.
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