“The Trump administration recently approached a coalition of U.S. investors set to take over TikTok’s U.S. operations with an ask: Will the group make a payment to the federal government ‘in the low billions,’ according to a person with direct knowledge of the talks,” NPR reports.

“The response from the investors, which includes tech mogul Larry Ellison, the Murdochs and venture capital heavyweight Andreessen Horowitz, was an unequivocal yes.”

Said the person: “Not a single member balked. They see it as something of a finders’ fee.”