When Mark Zuckerberg was in Washington D.C. for a Congressional hearing this past October, he had a private dinner with President Donald Trump.
Sen. Elizabeth Warren came out swinging at Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg and President Donald Trump in a tweet on Thursday.
"Amid antitrust scrutiny, Facebook is going on a charm offensive with Republican lawmakers. And now, Mark Zuckerberg and one of Facebook's board members — a major Trump donor — had a secret dinner with Trump,"Warren's criticism comes in response to news that Zuckerberg and Trump"This is how the government keeps working for giant corporations and the wealthy and well-connected," she said.
In addition to Trump and Zuckerberg, Facebook board member and controversial investor and entrepreneur Peter Thiel was also part of the dinner. Thiel cofounded PayPal and Palantir, and more recently, was behind the lawsuit that shut down Gawker. He's been a longtime Facebook board member, and was an early investor in the company. He's also an outspoken Libertarian and Trump supporter.
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