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Sen. Warren Wants an Investigation Into Paramount’s $16 Million Trump Settlement: ‘This Could Be Bribery in Plain Sight’
Sen. Elizabeth Warren called for an investigation into 'whether or not any anti-bribery laws were broken' with Paramount's $16 million Trump settlement.
Democratic Sen. Elizabeth Warren castigated Paramount Global for its announced$16 million payment to President Trump to settle a “meritless” lawsuit — and said the parent company of CBS “should be ashamed of putting its profits over independent journalism.” “With Paramount folding to Donald Trump at the same time the company needs his administration’s approval for its billion-dollar merger, this could be bribery in plain sight,” Warren said in a statement. In a statement in May responding to the senators’ letter, a White House spokesman said, “Democrats on Capitol Hill are growing increasingly desperate and unhinged by the day, and this latest act of faux outrage reveals the depth of their despair.
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