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  • 6/24/2025
At her press briefing, Karoline Leavitt was asked about President Trump's delay on a TikTok ban.

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00:00The Free Press. Eli, go ahead.
00:01Thanks so much for having us.
00:03The Free Press. The decision to extend the, I guess, delay in enforcing the TikTok ban.
00:11Sure.
00:11Can you talk about how the White House understands its constitutional authority in light of the Supreme Court's decision in January that said that the President had to enforce the ban?
00:21Sure. Well, as all of you know, because the President put it out on his Truth Social today, he did sign an executive order to extend TikTok, the TikTok ban for 90 days.
00:31So in the effort to make a deal and the White House counsel and the Department of Justice have reviewed this executive order and I can get it for you.
00:38I think it's on our website by now. If it's not, my team will now put it up immediately.
00:43And you can read the language in that executive order and the White House counsel's office and the Department of Justice strongly believe in the legal rationale for this executive order.
00:51They wouldn't have the President's pen hit it if they didn't.
00:53And the political reasoning for this, of course, is because the President made a promise to keep TikTok on.
00:59There are a hundred million Americans who use this app. It's wildly popular.
01:03He also wants to protect Americans' data and privacy concerns on this app.
01:07And he believes we can do both things at the same time.
01:10So he's making an extension so we can get this deal done.
01:13Can I get a follow-up?

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