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The White House helped steer a Justice Department probe into major TV networks, but some inside the department doubt it will survive.

The White House was a driving force behind the DOJ's antitrust investigation into the networks' brief suspension of pooled presidential coverage, three people familiar with the matter told Semafor on Wednesday. Some inside the DOJ question the probe's legal merits, and two former DOJ officials told Semafor the networks' move is likely shielded by the First Amendment.

One of them cited a 1982 Supreme Court decision that extended constitutional protection to group boycotts carried out for political reasons....