Trump and his aides tried to push AT&T's CEO to sell CNN to Rupert Murdoch, a new book claims.
Stephenson, per the Independent's reporting, left the meeting with the feeling that Trump posed a threat to the AT&T and Time Warner merger.
Per the Independent's reporting on the book, Murdoch offered to buy CNN from AT&T and remarked that it "would help get the deal done."
According to the book, Stephenson said he was not interested in selling CNN.
The book said AT&T executives viewed the calls as "almost mob-style extortion," according to the Independent.