President Donald Trump spoke personally with the chief executive of Live Nation in the weeks before the Justice Department abruptly settled its long-standing anti-trust lawsuit against the entertainment giant and its Ticketmaster subsidiary, the company revealed in a court filing.Lawyers for Live Nation told the court on Monday that Trump and the company's CEO, Michael Rapino, spoke about the anti-trust lawsuit in February, but didn't discuss "substantive terms" of any potential settlement.

Live Nation says the White House took part in talks before an antitrust settlement and that its CEO talked to President Donald Trump about the case.

Live Nation has confirmed that CEO Michael Rapino held a conversation with President Donald Trump before a surprise antitrust trial settlement.