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Pressed by the president to get the justice department to block the merger, the time warner merger which involves cnn, a frequent target. i want to play this from the confirmation hearing, because you brought this up, because william barr was on the board of at&t. >> you were on the board of time warner and you signed a sworn affidavit questioning whether the justice department's decision to block the merger was politically motivated given the president's private/public animus toward the merger. >> at that meeting i was concerned that the antitrust division was not engaging with some of our ar...

Held in contempt, but -- >> well, attorney general sessions said he was going to look at potentially changing those rules at one point, so i would like you to maybe respond in writing to this. because that was very concerning. last, when you and i were in my office, we talked about your work with time warner with this major merger on appeal from the justice department, and i just wanted you to commit today to what you committed to me in the office, that you would recuse yourself from any matters regarding that appeal. >> absolutely. >> and as you know, you were on the board of time warner at t...

>> i'm sorry, could you repeat that? >> sure. you were on the board of time warner and you signed a sworn affidavit questioning whether the justice department's decision to block the merger was politically motivated given the president's prior public animus toward the merger. so what did you mean by that? >> the affidavit speaks for itself in that at that meeting, i was concerned that the antitrust division was not engaging with some of our arguments, and i got concerned that they weren't taking the merits as seriously as i hoped they would. but i have no -- i'm not sure why they acted the way...

Toward the merger." are you talking here about his view on cnn? what did you mean by "prior public animus?" >> i'm sorry, could you repeat that? >> sure. you were on the board of time warner and you signed a sworn affidavit questioning whether the justice department's decision to block the merger was politically motivated given the president's prior public animus toward the merger. what did you mean by that? >> the affidavit speaks for itself. at that meeting, i was concerned that the antitrust division was not engaging in some of our arguments. and they got concerned that they weren't taking ...

Knows that there -- there could be situation worse nobody could be held in contempt. >> attorney general sessions said he could look at potentially changing that rules at one point. i want you to maybe respond in writing to this. because that was very concernin concerning. when you and i were last in my office, we talked about your work with time warner, with this major merger on appeal from the justice department. i just wanted you to commit today to what you committed to me in the office, that you would recuse yourself from any matters regarding that appeal. >> absolutely. >> you were on the...