Trump’s TikTok deal payment criticized as ‘shake-down scheme’ by experts

By Bobby Allyn, David Folkenflik The Trump administration recently approached a coalition of U.S. investors set to take over TikTok’s U.S. operations with an ask: Will the group make a payment to the federal government “in the low billions,” according to a person with direct knowledge of the talks. The response from the investors, which includes tech […]