Donald Trump is urging the Supreme Courtroom to pause the upcoming TikTok ban.
A brand new legislation is about to enter impact Jan. 19 — the day earlier than Trump is inaugurated for his second presidency — and it requires TikTok be bought by its Chinese language father or mother firm or be shut down.
Trump’s lawyer, John Sauer, filed a short Friday saying DJT requests SCOTUS think about delaying the upcoming change … a minimum of till Trump is in workplace.
Within the docs, Trump says he needs “the chance to pursue a political decision of the questions at problem within the case.”
Trump says he is a consummate deal-maker with the experience wanted to repair the issue … and he says he has “the electoral mandate and the political will to barter a decision to save lots of the platform whereas addressing the nationwide safety issues.”
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In fact, Trump is massive on utilizing social media — he was tremendous lively on Twitter earlier than beginning his personal Reality Social platform — and has almost 15 million followers on TikTok. The transient claims Trump “is among the strongest, prolific and influential customers of social media in historical past.”
In separate briefs filed Friday, the federal government defended the brand new legislation … citing issues the Chinese language authorities might affect the corporate and create a nationwide safety concern.
Naturally, TikTok opposes the ban … the platform says a ban would violate the First Modification.
It will likely be attention-grabbing to see what SCOTUS does right here.
