Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro has been charged for allegedly helping to mastermind far right coup plot to upset the country's 2022 election result.
The president-elect said he will issue an executive order Monday to delay the ban while he brokers a sale. The app has returned on web and mobile, but is not available in Apple and Google's stores.
The app had more than 170 million monthly users in the U.S. The black-out is the result of a law forcing the service offline unless it sheds its ties to ByteDance, its China-based parent company.
The decision resolves a long-running legal dispute between the Department of Justice and TikTok. But experts say President-elect Donald Trump will now have considerable sway over the platform's future in the U.S.
Lawyers for TikTok argued that banning the app will violate the free speech of 170 million American users. The Justice Department contended that the app is a national security risk.
This was the only one of Trump's criminal charges to reach and complete a trial, making him the first former or future U.S. president to be convicted of criminal charges.
The pair did not discuss the case, the Supreme Court justice said. Trump is scheduled to be sentenced Jan. 10 in New York, 10 days before his inauguration.
A report by Democrats on the Judiciary Committee found additional travel taken in 2021 by Thomas but not reported on his annual financial disclosure, including trips on private jets and a yacht trip.