Senate Democrats press Google, YouTube on Trump settlement

Elizabeth Warren, Democrats Demand Answers About Google's $24.5 Million Trump Settlement: 'The Public Deserves To Know' - Alphabet (NASDAQ:GOOG), Alphabet (NASDAQ:GOOGL)

Senators Elizabeth Warren, Bernie Sanders, and other Democrats have launched an inquiry into Google's $24.5 million settlement with Donald Trump, questioning whether the YouTube payout and CEO Sundar Pichai's White House meeting with Trump were connected to the company's ongoing antitrust case.

Senate Democrats press Google, YouTube on Trump settlement

Several Senate Democrats are pressing Google and YouTube for answers about their decision to settle a lawsuit with President Trump over YouTube’s suspension of his account in the wake of the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol.   In a Wednesday letter to Google and YouTube executives, Sens. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), Ron Wyden…

Senate Democrats want to know: was YouTube’s Trump settlement a bribe?

Sundar Pichai at Trump’s inauguration, alongside other Big Tech CEOs. A group of Democratic lawmakers are asking questions about YouTube’s $24.5 million settlement with President Donald Trump. 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…