Democrats ask how Trump’s government will regulate Trump Mobile

The T1 Phone by Trump Mobile.

This is still apparently what the phone looks like, even though its specs keep changing.

When a Trump-branded phone on a Trump-branded mobile network launches sometime this year (if all goes according to plan), US regulators will face what’s become a recurring conundrum in Donald Trump’s presidency: how to regulate a product with ties to the head of state.

Six Democratic lawmakers are confronting key federal agencies with that very question in a letter shared exclusively with The Verge. Led by Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), the lawmakers ask the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), Federal Trade Commission (FTC), Food and Drug Administration (FDA), the departments of Commerce and Treasury, and US Trade Representative’s (USTR …

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