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  Can the Sherman Act Be Used To Silence the Press? Apparently, Trump’s DOJ thinks so. Joyce Vance Oct 10 Saturday night, The New York Times reported that the Trump Justice Department is investigating whether the major television networks that participate in the White House pool—ABC, CBS, CNN, NBC, and Fox—violated the law by refusing to cover Donald Trump for a brief period after he suspended the White House hard passes for CNN, MSNOW, and Politico. The Time report was based on six sources. The Washington Post has now confirmed that report. Here’s what we know so far: The investigation seems to center on whether suspending pool coverage was a violation of federal antitrust law. A DOJ spokesperson, Emily Covington, said, “Group boycotts among commercial competitors can violate the Sherman Act,” one of the primary antitrust laws. The Times reports that DOJ sent letters to the networks on Friday and “demanded communications and materials related to the White House TV pool.” They sp...