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So Not A Shocker! Trump Weighs In For David Ellison & Paramount Over $1.88B Bond Battle With States

Written and edited by the WorldPing NewsdeskPublished Updated Original reporting: Deadline
So Not A Shocker! Trump Weighs In For David Ellison & Paramount Over $1.88B Bond Battle With StatesWorldPing
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What happened

Surprising 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 company’s $111 billion merger with Warner Bros Discovery.

Key facts

  • Surprising 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 company’s $111 billion merger with Warner Bros Discovery.
  • Reported by Deadline and published Tue, 15 Sep 2026 21:20:27 UTC.

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  1. So Not A Shocker! Trump Weighs In For David Ellison & Paramount Over $1.88B Bond Battle With States

  2. DOJ Takes Paramount’s Side Against States in Fight Over $1.9 Billion Bond

  3. Taylor Frankie Paul Sets Return to ‘The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives’ Following Chaotic Season 5 and Ongoing Legal Battle

  4. Jon Voight Explains What He’s Up to as Trump’s Special Ambassador to Hollywood

  5. It’s a Date: Paramount, California AG and Writers Guild Agree on Meeting for Settlement Talks

  6. Judge Sets Date For Settlement Talks In Paramount-WBD Antitrust Case

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