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    Justice Department sues to block AT&T's purchase of Time Warner, which vows a fight

    by Meg James, Los Angeles Times Nov 21, 2017 5 minutes

    The U.S. Department of Justice has sued to block AT&T's proposed $85 billion purchase of Time Warner Inc. - one of the largest media mergers in American history - arguing that a bulked-up AT&T would stifle competition and lead to higher prices for consumers.

    "This merger would greatly harm American consumers," Assistant Attorney General Makan Delrahim of the department's Antitrust Division said Monday in a statement. "It would mean higher monthly television bills and fewer of the new, emerging innovative options that consumers are beginning to enjoy."

    But the lawsuit, which was filed Monday evening in U.S. District Court in Washington, sets the stage for a high-stakes showdown and immediately fueled questions about whether President Donald Trump was using the nation's top law enforcement

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