TikTok's Democratic Consulting Firm Had Mystery White House Meeting Amid Legislative Onslaught,...

Top executives at SKDK, the Democratic public relations juggernaut that works for TikTok and other corporations, met recently with White House officials, visitor logs show. SKDK chief executive Doug Thornell and firm partner Oren Shur met on Dec. 20 with Caitlin Meloski, a special assistant to the National Economic Council, which advises the president on economic policy.

While details of the meeting are unclear, it raised questions about the degree of influence TikTok and its representatives have on the Biden White House. TikTok hired SKDK within the past few months to provide "communications support" as it fights a push to ban the app because of concerns that the Chinese government could use the platform to spy on Americans. SKDK reportedly advised TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew for a congressional hearing last month in which he downplayed concerns about China’s control of the social media platform.