Two former White House aides tied to an investor with a stake in TikTok, including Kellyanne Conway, were involved.
The movie, produced by Citizens United president David Bossie, deepened Trump’s animosity toward the Meta chief executive, who the likely 2024 Republican nominee has become increasingly convinced was responsible for the result in 2020, according to three people familiar with the matter, who spoke on the condition of anonymity to describe private conversations.
The House is expected to vote Wednesday morning on legislation that would force ByteDance to divest TikTok within 165 days of enactment — and would prohibit the app from being used in the United States if the company didn’t comply. The Senate hasn’t yet signaled whether it will follow suit. Behind the scenes, however, Trump and his aides have spoken about TikTok to people with direct financial ties to Yass. Yass is the biggest donor to the conservative organization Club for Growth, which isConway has also spoken to Trump about the importance of defending the social media app, according to two other people familiar with the matter, who also spoke on the condition of anonymity to reflect private deliberations.
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