Newsom denies forcing Bonta into Paramount settlement: ‘I didn’t pressure anybody’

Gov. Gavin Newsom (D-CA) warded off speculation about whether he pressured California Attorney General Rob Bonta to settle with Paramount Skydance over the company’s merger with Warner Bros. Discovery. “I didn’t pressure anybody,” Newsom told reporters on Wednesday. After Bonta, who has been openly against the merger for months, made the surprising move to meet […]

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