Donald Trump urges US Supreme Court to delay TikTok ban
Trump says that he could negotiate a 'political resolution' for TikTok if the high court intervenes.
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His lawyer filed a legal brief on Friday with the court that says Trump "opposes banning TikTok" and "seeks the ability to resolve the issues at hand through political means once he takes office".
On 10 January, the court is due to hear arguments on a US law that requires TikTok's Chinese owner, ByteDance, to sell the social media company to an American firm or face a ban come 19 January - a day before Trump takes office.
US officials and lawmakers had accused ByteDance of being linked to the Chinese government - which the firm denies.
Those allegations of an app that has 170 million users in the US led Congress to pass a bill in April, which President Joe Biden signed into law, that included the divest or ban requirement.
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