White House adviser Jared Kushner on Tuesday said that the White House is reviewing Oracle’s bid to team up with China’s ByteDance to keep operating TikTok in the United States and that he was not aware of whether any company relationships with the president influenced the deal, reported Reuters.
Kushner, asked on CNBC if the move to Oracle instead of Microsoft was influenced by President Donald Trump’s relationships, said “Not as far as I know,” adding: “Ultimately, it was up to the companies to choose who they wanted to consummate a transaction with.”