New York (CNN Business) Facebook (FB) CEO Mark Zuckerberg recently admitted to employees that the prospect of an Elizabeth Warren presidency could "suck" for the company, according to leaked audio published by The Verge.

"You have someone like Elizabeth Warren who thinks that the right answer is to break up the companies," Zuckerberg said in a meeting with Facebook employees this summer, according to the audio obtained by The Verge. "If she gets elected president, then I would bet that we will have a legal challenge, and I would bet that we will win the legal challenge. And does that still suck for us? Yeah."

He added: "But look, at the end of the day, if someone's going to try to threaten something that existential, you go to the mat and you fight."

According to The Verge, the audio comes from two open meetings Zuckerberg held with Facebook employees in July, the same month it agreed to pay an unprecedented $5 billion penalty in a settlement with the Federal Trade Commission over its handling of users' personal data. The audio included question and answer sessions with Zuckerberg.

In a Facebook post responding to the leaked audio, Zuckerberg acknowledged the authenticity of the comments reported by The Verge.

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