US President-elect Donald Trump attends Turning Point USA's AmericaFest in Phoenix, Arizona, US, on December 22, 2024.
chinni aur | Reuters
President-elect Donald Trump filed an amicus brief with the Supreme Court on Friday asking the high court to halt implementation of a law that would ban TikTok in the United States starting January 19 if the app is not sold by its Chinese parent company.
The court is scheduled to hear arguments in the case on January 10.
Dr. wrote. John Sawyer, Trump's lawyer and the president-elect's nominee for U.S. attorney general: “President Trump takes no position on the merits of this dispute.” “Instead, he respectfully requests that the Court consider postponing the January 19, 2025 divestment deadline while it considers the merits of this case, thereby allowing the incoming administration of President Trump the opportunity to pursue a political resolution of the issues raised in the case.” “The case.”
That law at the heart of the lawsuit is the Protecting Americans from Controlled Apps from Foreign Adversaries Act, a bipartisan measure passed by Congress and then signed into law by President Joe Biden in April.
TikTok's Chinese owner, ByteDance, is required by law to sell the platform to an American company or face a ban.
Earlier this month, the court decided to hear the case and accelerated the schedule for briefing and oral arguments. However, the court opposed TikTok's request to temporarily halt implementation of the ban, leaving it only nine days after oral arguments to issue an opinion or block the law indefinitely.
Trump indicated, in his judicial file, that he could negotiate a political solution to this issue before the court issues its ruling.
“Only President Trump has the savvy deal-making experience, electoral mandate, and political will to negotiate a resolution to save the platform while addressing the national security concerns expressed by the government — concerns that President Trump himself has acknowledged,” Sawyer wrote.
