DOJ Official Told Dish to Enlist Senators in T-Mobile Deal

Makan Delrahim, the Justice Department’s antitrust chief, urged the chairman of Dish Network to enlist US senators to help win the Federal Communications Commission’s approval for the merger of Sprint and T-Mobile US, which would involve asset sales to the satellite TV provider. “Today would be a good day to have your Senator friends contact the [FCC] chairman,” Delrahim said in a text one day before the states sued to block the deal.