- Needing approval from the Trump administration for a $26B merger with Sprint (S -0.2%), T-Mobile (TMUS -0.1%) put multiple executives into stays at the Trump International Hotel in Washington starting with the deal announcement and in following weeks, The Washington Post reports.
- The hotel's "VIP Arrivals" list the day after the deal announcement featured nine T-Mobile execs, including CEO John Legere and four others in the C-suite.
- And seven weeks after the deal, execs had made multiple visits (including at least four by Legere).
- The news raises new questions about whether companies are able to influence public policy by doing private business with Trump's luxury hotel.
- Found in the hotel lobby last week, Legere told the Post: "It's become a place I feel very comfortable" and praised its proximity to one of the departments that needs to approve the merger; he's deleted tweets from a few years back mocking Trump hotels, the report notes.
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