By Jody Godoy

(Reuters) -Attorneys general from Colorado and 19 other states on Friday called for a court to consider rejecting a U.S. Department of Justice’s settlement allowing Hewlett-Packard Enterprise to acquire Juniper Networks for $14 billion.

The letter from the Democratic attorneys general is the latest development over the DOJ’s decision to drop its attempt to block the merger, which a former DOJ official has said was influenced by politically connected lobbyists.

“If, upon exposing the settlement to sunlight, the evidence establishes that it was the product of undue influence, then the court should reject it as against the public interest,” Colorado Attorney General Phil Weiser wrote.

Shortly after Trump took office in January, the Justice Department sued to block the deal,

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