President Trump urged a senior Justice Department official to settle the government’s more-than-decade-old antitrust case against Live Nation, the world’s largest concert promoter and owner of Ticketmaster, days before a March 2 trial was scheduled to begin. The intervention followed months of settlement discussions that produced little progress, while some DOJ officials supported breaking up the company. It also came a year after Trump signed an executive order targeting ticket-scalping and exploitative pricing in live entertainment. Live Nation had recently hired Sullivan & Cromwell, the New York firm representing Trump in his personal legal troubles, for settlement talks. Boris Epshteyn, Trump’s private legal coordinator, also took a keen interest in resolving the case, though DOJ officials were unsure whether he was acting for Trump, Live Nation or both.