WASHINGTON, Dec. 8 -- Sen. Elizabeth Warren issued the following op-ed:
Today, in response to the news that Paramount-Skydance launched a hostile bid for Warner Bros., U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) released the following statement:
"A Paramount Skydance-Warner Bros. merger would be a five-alarm antitrust fire and exactly what our anti-monopoly laws are written to prevent. Paramount Skydance's new hostile bid is backed by a who's who of Trump buddies, from Jared Kushner's private equity firm to the Ellison family to money flowing from the Middle East - raising serious questions about influence-peddling, political favoritism, and national security risks. The Department of Justice and the Committee on Foreign Investment in the Unit...