On Monday, TikTok and its parent company, China-based ByteDance, asked the U.S. Supreme Court to pause the upcoming Jan. 19 deadline imposed by U.S. lawmakers in April that forces the two companies to sever relations or face a ban.
Hours later, TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew was at Mar-a-Lago in Palm Beach, Florida, making his case to President-elect Donald Trump at the “Winter White House,” CNN first reported.
The outlet notes that the meeting was pre-scheduled. ByteDance said previously that it won’t sell TikTok.
Earlier in the day,
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