T-Mobile announced a merger needing Trump administration approval. The next day, 9 executives had re

[douglas9]

Last April, telecom giant T-Mobile announced a megadeal: a $26 billion merger with rival Sprint, which would more than double T-Mobile’s value and give it a huge new chunk of the cellphone market.

But for T-Mobile, one hurdle remained: Its deal needed approval from the Trump administration.

The next day, in Washington, staffers at the Trump International Hotel were handed a list of incoming “VIP Arrivals.” That day’s list included nine of T-Mobile’s top executives — including its chief operating officer, chief technology officer, chief strategy officer, chief financial officer and its outspoken celebrity chief executive, John Legere.

They were scheduled to stay between one and three days. But it was not their last visit.

Instead, T-Mobile executives have returned to President Trump’s hotel repeatedly since then, according to eyewitnesses and hotel documents obtained by The Washington Post.



https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/a-place-i-feel-very-comfortable-t-mobile-executives-seeking-government-approval-for-merger-stayed-at-trumps-hotel-repeatedly/2019/01/15/6a114d3e-142c-11e9-b6ad-9cfd62dbb0a8_story.html?tid=pm_politics_pop

[sharedvalues]

1. This is straight bribery

[UpInArms]

2. Emoluments clause violation

Seems like we have reached the level of high crimes and misdemeanors as spelled out in the Constitution

Not that the RussPublicans will care ...

[mahatmakanejeeves]

3. We're still trying to document how often these T-mobile execs came back to the Trump Hotel.

We're still trying to document how often these T-mobile execs came back to the Trump Hotel.
If you have photos from the Trump Hotel lobby, look for people wearing T-Mobile magenta -- they always wear magenta -- and send 'em to me. Email in bio.

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