The US Justice Department on Saturday announced it is investigating five major television networks following a White House press pool boycott. Officials want to see if these networks broke federal antitrust laws when they stopped coverage. This move highlights the ongoing tension between the Trump administration and various national media outlets.
The US Justice Department on Saturday announced that it is investigating five major television networks after the Trump White House Pool boycott, The New York Times reported. It is investigating whether the networks violated federal antitrust laws when they briefly halted pooled White House coverage in protest of President Donald Trump's decision to revoke press credentials from three news organizations.