WASHINGTON — US President-elect Donald Trump has asked the Supreme Court to suspend a law that would ban TikTok the day before his inauguration on Jan. 20 if it is not sold by its Chinese owner ByteDance.

"In light of the novelty and difficulty of this case, the court should consider staying the statutory deadline to grant more breathing space to address these issues," Trump's legal team wrote, to give him "the opportunity to pursue a political resolution."

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