"About two months ago, John P. Coale, one of many lawyers representing Donald Trump in a personal capacity, met with several Alphabet executives, mediators, and lawyers at Mar-a-Lago - along with his client. They all spent a lovely day at the palatial Florida estate, and Trump treated them to lunch as they chatted about anything but the antitrust cases being prosecuted against Google."
"Coale was keen not to broach the matter, he told The Verge in an interview, since "it could be dicey." Whenever someone else skirted the topic of the antitrust cases - "not Google and not me," he was quick to clarify - both he and the Google people would "jump" in to say, " That has nothing to do with this. We're not getting near that. ""
John P. Coale, representing Donald Trump personally, met with several Alphabet executives, mediators, and lawyers at Mar-a-Lago alongside Trump. The participants spent the day at the estate and reportedly avoided discussing ongoing antitrust cases against Google. Coale said he steered clear of broaching antitrust topics and that both he and Google representatives repeatedly emphasized the meeting had nothing to do with antitrust litigation. By late September, YouTube — an Alphabet subsidiary — agreed to a $24.5 million settlement with Trump and several allies in relation to a 2021 lawsuit filed by that group.
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