Top Democrat Vows to Bring Federal Charges Against CBS Parent Company Paramount: They 'Just Paid Trump a Bribe' [View all]

Source: MEDIAite

Jul 2nd, 2025, 11:28 am


Sen. Ron Wyden (D-OR), the ranking member of the Senate Finance Committee, pulled no punches on Wednesday in his reaction to Paramount’s middle-of-the-night announcement that it was paying President Donald Trump $16 million to settle his lawsuit against 60 Minutes.

Trump’s lawsuit against CBS News’s long-running news magazine program was widely seen as frivolous and put pressure on Paramount’s pending merger with Skydance Media, which was being held up by Trump’s FCC launch of probes into CBS broadcasting stations.

Wyden connected the settlement to the merger deal, worth over $8 billion, and threatened federal charges over what he believes amounts to a bribe.

“Paramount just paid Trump a bribe for merger approval. When Democrats retake power, I’ll be first in line calling for federal charges. In the meantime, state prosecutors should make the corporate execs who sold out our democracy answer in court, today,” Wyden declared.

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