# Trump claims DOJ arrest threat prompted changes at major AI company

_Published Monday, November 9, 2026 at 11:40 AM EST · AI, Policy · Latest · Tier 2 — Notable_

![President Trump Meets With New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani At Gracie Mansion — Primary](https://platform.theverge.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2026/09/gettyimages-2296464785.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C10.75214828329%2C100%2C78.49570343342&w=1200)

Donald Trump claimed in a 60 Minutes interview that the Justice Department threatened the leader of a major AI company with arrest over alleged misuse of AI, prompting the executive to change the company's behavior. The Verge reported that Trump refused to identify the person or company.

Trump described the executive as leading "one of the big ones" and claimed the person subsequently "totally changed everything." Asked about working with Democrats on AI safety, he said he would, while arguing that guardrails should not put the United States behind China.

## Sources

- [The Verge](https://www.theverge.com/ai-artificial-intelligence/1029802/trump-60-minutes-ai)

---
Canonical: https://techandbusiness.org/newswire/ycNr680kxvvjQlDN1iXODw
Published: 2026-11-09T16:40:57.143Z
Story chronology: 2026-11-09T15:50:38.000Z
Retrieved: 2026-11-09T19:00:52.163Z
Publisher: Tech & Business (techandbusiness.org)