deciding whether to appeal. prosecutors arguing wiould mean the resulting company could result in higher prices for must have programming. harming consumers. the doj anti trust chief expressed disappointment in the ruling saying we will closely review the court s opinion and consider next steps in light of our commitment to preserving competition for the benefit of american.they hope to complete r by next wednesday. writing we are pleased. the court has categorically rejected the lawsuit to block our merger. the the trial true intense interest from media observers and the business world. will at&t be allowed to buy
time warner. reporter: since at&t and time warner don t directly compete. the judge issuing a w to the department of justice. the court has spoken. to use a stay to accish indirectly what could not have done directly. simply would be unjust. the deal was announced in october 2016 the ability to take premium quality content to our customers is huge for us and huge for our reportedidate donald trump weighed in repeatedly promising to block the deal if he was elected president. at&t buying time warner and thus cnn. a deal we will not approve because of too much concentration of power in the hands of too few. reporter: the president s
a federal judge defying trump approving at&t s billion dollar acquisition. saying the quote s resounding rejection of thgovernment s argument is confirmation that this was a case that was baseless. is this fight really over. jessica schneiders out front. reporter: a federal judge has given the green light to at&t and time warner. government has failed to meet its burden to establish that the proposed transaction is likely to lessen competition substantially. the department of justice is now
like chris said, it s one thing to try to get caught up on the first strike. but when you are at a full count, you gotta get in there, dig in and swing or try and put the ball into play. he is doing neither. this looks like another strike. remember when giuliani said cohen said that there was no lobbying. i think his attorney said that and he was a consultant. at&t said that there was no lobbying. this is a quote, he says giuliani says whatever lobbying was done didn t reach the president, offering as proof the fact that at&t s proposed merger has not gone through. he did drain the swamp. the president denied the merger. they didn t get the results they wanted. now he is throwing at&t and michael cohen under the bus because now he is saying there s lobbying. the problem here is that this is all theoretically in defense of the president. giuliani s goal is, i m going to help the president by saying, see, it s perfect evidence he
was no lobbying. i think his attorney said that and he was a consultant. at&t said that there was no lobbying. this is a quote, he says giuliani says whatever lobbying was done didn t reach the president, offering as proof the fact that at&t s proposed merger has not gone through. he did drain the swamp. the president denied the merger. they didn t get the results they wanted. now he is throwing at&t and michael cohen under the bus because now he is saying there s lobbying. the problem here is that this is all theoretically in defense of the president. giuliani s goal is, i m going to help the president by saying, see, it s perfect evidence he drained the swamp because even though donald trump s personal fixer got $600,000 from at&t, he was the merger didn t go through. he is trying to do the right thing. dave makes an important point.