By Daily Mail (U.S.) | Created at 2024-12-27 23:28:19 | Updated at 2024-12-28 14:57:33
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President-Elect Donald Trump has made a last minute plea to get the United States Supreme Court to halt implementation of a nationwide TikTok ban.
Congress had passed a law earlier this year banning the popular video-sharing app as of January 19 if it is not sold by its Chinese parent company by then.
Executives at the platform then made an emergency plea to the Supreme Court earlier this month to block the federal law, and on Friday Trump's legal team filed its own request to delay the implementation of the law.
'President Trump takes no position on the underlying merits of this dispute,' D. John Sauer, Trump's lawyer whom he picked for US solicitor general wrote in the filing, according to NBC News.
'Instead, he respectfully requests that the Court consider staying the Act's deadline for divestment of January 19, 2025 while it considers the merits of this case, thus permitting President Trump's incoming administration the opportunity to pursue a political resolution of the questions at issue in this case.'
'President Trump alone possesses the consummate deal-making expertise, the electoral mandate and the political will to negotiate a resolution to save the platform while addressing the national security concerns expressed by the government - concerns which President Trump himself has acknowledged,' Sauer continued.
'In light of these interests - including most importantly, his overarching responsibility for the United States' national security and foreign policy - President Trump opposes banning TikTok in the United States at this juncture and seeks the ability to resolve issues at hand through political means once he takes office.'
The Supreme Court had already agreed to hear arguments both from the government and the platform at an expedited schedule, starting on January 10, The Hill reports.
President-elect Donald Trump has has made a last minute plea to get the United States Supreme Court to halt implementation of a nationwide TikTok ban
Congress passed a resolution earlier this year banning the popular video-sharing app as of January 19 if it is not sold by its Chinese parent company by then
It would then only have nine days after oral arguments for them to issue an opinion or indefinitely block the Protecting Americans from Controlled Applications App - but Trump does not take office until January 20.
Trump has previously voiced his opposition to the law that President Joe Biden signed in April, and vowed on the campaign trail to 'save TikTok.'
He even met with TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew earlier this month to discuss the issue.
This is a breaking news story and will be updated.
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