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Subcommittee on antitrust. in went the president repeatedly told aides such as gary cohn and rob porter and gary kelly to block the at&t/time warner merger. they didn't listen. his tweet today suggests an attempt to punish a network that he hates. does that itself open the possibility of impeachment? using the antitrust powers of the executive to punish bad coverage, where does that stand in your mind? >> yeah, it's a complete abuse of power. look, the antitrust enforcement that is required by the department of justice is a quasi judicial proceeding. it has to be free from any political interf...

His tweet today suggests an ey attempt to punish a network that he hates.at does that itself open the possibility of impeachment? using the antitrust powers of the executive to punish bad coverage, where does that stand in your mind? >> yeah, it's a complete abuse of power. look, the antitrust enforcement that is required by the department of justice is a quasi judicial proceeding. it has to be free from any political interference. those are judgements that have to be made based on the facts. it's completely improper for a b president to attempt in any way to interfere, and the idea of using t...

The investigation comes as the justice department and federal trade commission recently agreed to divide oversight of the tech industry. congressman cicilline says this is the first time congress has launched a significant antitrust investigation in decades. >> and frankly, you know, i don't have a lot of confidence that this administration has been particularly aggressive in their antitrust enforcement, in fact they very often have come out on the side of monopolists and big mergers. i think, again, they have a responsibility in particular in enforcement actions. >> officials have notified am...

Of the whole marketplace. it's really to look at competition in the digital marketplace. to look at anticompetitive behavior of some of the large dominant platforms and determine whether our antitrust statutes are working, whether they need to be modernized and updated. >> scrutiny after scandal upon scandal for the tech industry. critics have called for tough regul regulations. the investigation comes as the justice department and federal trade agreed to divide oversight of tech. congressman celline says this is the first time congress has launched an investigation in decades. >> i don't have...

Companies be broken up. the investigation comes as the justice department and federal trade commission recently agreed to divide oversight. this is the first time congress has launched a significant antitrust investigation in decades. >> frankly, you know, i don't have a lot of confidence that this administration has been particularly aggressive in their antitrust enforcement. in fact, they aucoften have com out on the side of monopolists and mergers. they have a responsibility in particular, enforcement actions. >> officials have notified amazon, apple, google and facebook of the coming inves...