WorldPingSurprising no one — except for the timing — Donald Trump’s Department of Justice has weighed in on the $1.88 billion bond battle between David Ellison’s Paramount and a dozen blue states over the $111 billion merger with Warner Bros.
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WorldPingThe Department of Justice sided with Paramount on Tuesday, arguing that a coalition of 12 states should be forced to post a bond as the price of continuing to block the Warner Bros. merger. Paramount has argued that it stands to lose at least $1.
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