AG Nominee Barr in Dispute With Delrahim Over AT&T/TW Case Claims
One-time Attorney General William Barr, whom President Donald Trump said Friday he will nominate to again hold that post, previously disputed DOJ Antitrust Division head Makan Delrahim's own account of a meeting they both attended on AT&T's purchase of Time…
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Warner. A three-judge U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit panel is reviewing Antitrust's challenge of the deal (see 1812060015). Barr, AG in President George H.W. Bush's administration, attended a November 2017 meeting with Delrahim and Time Warner General Counsel Paul Cappuccio as a member of that company's board. Barr previously was Verizon general counsel, and most recently has been at Kirkland & Ellis. Delrahim claimed Cappuccio threatened to “employ personal attacks to denigrate the integrity of the Antitrust Division and myself.” Barr disputed Delrahim's account as “inaccurate and incomplete” in a sworn statement filed with the D.C. Circuit. Delrahim “would not engage in a meaningful discussion” about a potential settlement to avoid a trial, Barr said. “No reasonable person could have misinterpreted Mr. Cappuccio’s comments as a threat that the companies would personally attack Mr. Delrahim or anyone else in the event of litigation.” DOJ and the White House didn't comment.