Trump likely exceeded law with TikTok ban: judge

San Francisco (AFP) Sept 28, 2020

The US judge who stopped a ban on TikTok downloads from kicking in on Monday said that President Donald Trump likely overstepped the law with the attempted move. TikTok had showed that the actions against it "likely exceed the lawful bounds" of the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA) that was cited to support the ban, the judge said in his ruling. District Judge Carl Nich