Senate Democrats call out Google for lobbying secret deal with Trump’s lawyers

2025-08-07 17:27:24

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Senate Democrats are calling out Google over what they say could be a secret deal with Donald Trump’s lawyers, and they’re demanding answers. In a formal letter sent Thursday, Democrats, led by Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts, asked Google CEO Sundar Pichai and YouTube CEO Neal Mohan if their teams have been quietly negotiating with Trump to settle a lawsuit he filed over censorship, possibly in exchange for favors from the current Republican administration. The lawsuit goes back over four yea...

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