Court filing reveals President Trump spoke to Live Nation CEO before antitrust case was settled [View all]
Source: Associated Press
Court filing reveals President Trump spoke to Live Nation CEO before antitrust case was settled
LARRY NEUMEISTER
Wed, June 24, 2026 at 7:09 PM EDT 2 min read
NEW YORK (AP) — President Donald Trump spoke personally with the chief executive of Live Nation in the weeks before the Justice Department abruptly settled its longstanding antitrust lawsuit against the entertainment giant and its Ticketmaster subsidiary, the company revealed in a court filing.
Lawyers for Live Nation told the court on Monday that Trump and the company's CEO, Michael Rapino, spoke about the antitrust lawsuit in February, but didn't discuss "substantive terms" of any potential settlement.
They also said that White House lawyers were involved in some of the numerous in-person meetings, videoconferences, telephone calls and written communications between the company and the Justice Department in February and March.
Just days into the March trial, the Justice Department announced a settlement that most states refused to join, saying it did not go far enough to curb the company's dominance over concert venues and ticketing for live events though Ticketmaster.
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