where learning tonight that at least that is exactly what at&t and john stankey did. lobbied the department of commerce not to levy sanctions against china telecom, a large, state-owned corporation headquartered in beijing, first reported by the national. specifically know at&t worked to keep china telecom off of something called the entity list, blocking selling american technology to certain firms without getting a license. we were told china telecom was set to be sanctioned because of its alleged support of human rights abuses by china's government, there are very many of those. u.s. officials have said that china telecom is backed by the chinese military and under control of the nation's communist party, and of course, that makes sense. at&t is a proud partner of china telecom. has a joint venture with china telecom. in a statement provided to this show, at&t admitted that it did not want china telecom on the entities list, citing potential unintended consequences. corey stewart is a former undersecretary of commerce, first-hand knowledge of what happened, and he

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