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Comment by benoau

2 days ago

The DOJ is literally suing Apple for many of the same reasons right now -

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_v._Apple_(2024)

That was the ‘old’ DOJ, Tim Apple was in the Oval Office a few days ago to pay tribute in gold… it got them exemptions from tariffs and I wouldn’t be surprised if the DOJ dropped this case soon.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-apps/imrs.php?src=https%3A...

  • Maybe, but if Trump wanted this to go away he's had a good 7 months to make that happen and he got a million dollars cash gift for his inauguration, certainly worth more than a gold bar trophy stand. This antitrust stems from a 2019/2020 congressional investigation into "Big Tech" that occurred during his first term too.

    https://edition.cnn.com/2020/10/06/tech/congress-big-tech-an...

    • That investigation in 2019/2020 came from the Democrat-majority House Judiciary - not from the DOJ. The DOJ was likely investigating in the background but nothing of public substance actually happened until 2024 when they filed suit. And looking at the docket now, every one of the DOJ attorneys who had filed that initial suit in 2024 have left the DOJ.

      Several states joined the suit so things very well may continue but the stench of corruption is pretty thick on everything the current DOJ touches.

  • The corruption is so out in the open, it's ridiculous.

    It's so unsavory to see Tim Cook grovel like that. No backbone at all, what a pitiful human.

    • Grovel? I thought it was making fun of the POTUS. What made it even funnier was that it'd go right over DT's head. Excellent messaging- pleases the wanna be monarch, shows investors that he's willing to work with any country's heads to ensure the success of Apple, and makes a mockery of the office with such a gaudy display.

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